If you haven’t been scrolling through Reels on Instagram and Facebook for a while – or if your algorithm is sufficiently protected from the avalanche of AI slops infesting your feed – you may have missed the rise of AI faith healers performing miracles on impossibly disgusting diseases.
To see what we mean, take a quick look at the remains of Facebook’s AI influencers — but don’t say we didn’t warn you. It’s incredibly graphic.
on account namedmystery hubFor example, a quick scroll reveals hundreds of clips showing various spiritual leaders making quick work of unnecessarily long legs, pus-oozing tumors, and omphalopagus heads, a kind of conjoined twin.
Although many clips have only a few hundred views, some have garnered hundreds of thousands of views, while a handful have garnered millions.
A clip viewed at least 120,000 times shows a woman impossibly sore feet – not to mention a giant sack of pus hanging from his neck – promptly fixed by a priest dressed in a flashy green suit.
“Heavenly Father, we bring this moment before you, trusting in your mercy and care,” the AI pastor announced as the woman’s swollen leg deflated and her face changed. “Bring comfort, strength and peace,” the priest continued. “May hope be renewed and faith sustained according to your loving will, Amen. Be healed in the name of Jesus!”
“I can feel it, the power is here!” The now adorned woman announces as she leaves her crutches, with a golden light surrounding her. The AI congregation erupts in glorious passion.
This is one of many – many – “AI Faith Healer” clips suffocating meta platform.
But “forvastar comicsA Facebook page with 1.5 million followers, things get even weirder: Commando goes fix Police women with beet-red toesShaman expelled snake, octopusAnd Fruit from bulbous appendages, while those from protruding men give birth to calves.
Celebrities may be caught up in this sordid farce. One clip show Impressive Jake Paul is visiting a rural African pastor’s house with a white pastor with a bulging belly. The priest stabs his gut several times, and pulls out a giant catfish, a stack of dollar bills, and even a bottle of wine – presumably to celebrate his new fortune. That particular clip has been viewed over 150,000 times.
The caption reads, “Unbelievable how the priest prayed and helped the man recover.” “Amen,” a top fan of the page replies.
Judging by the comments, many viewers don’t understand the content either ever churning mill Not being genuine, or not caring, or doing some weird thing that involves filling the clip with emojis. They might be the bots themselves, beating the drum for engagement. In the end, Meta has created a platform on which the cynicism bias is so dominant that it probably doesn’t matter.
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