As travel vloggers say, South African Kurt Kaas has never trafficked in highbrow stuff.
His career as an influencer began about six years ago through a YouTube video titled “How is Bologna, Italy?”
But as Caz got more travel time under his belt, his videos increasingly turned into the exploitative fare of most poverty-stricken vloggers: “Don’t go to this Egyptian ghetto!” And “Escape from guerillas on Peru’s deadliest road” became the new template, while their views reached millions.
Now having built up nearly four million subscribers, Caz is flipping the script from thinly veiled travel exploitation to blatant racism with a little help from generic AI.
In a 36-minute YouTube video titled “Avoid This Place in London”, Caz bravely describes the Croydon area of London, where 36.2 percent The majority of residents are immigrants. Of course, he only does this with his trusted goon Leo, who is much younger than Kaz himself.
As shock vlogs go, this one’s pretty typical. The influencer spreads some unpleasant messages about crime and immigration, and hires non-white people as “interesting characters.” What Is Notable is the thumbnail of the video, which shows Caz walking down a street in front of shops with signage in Arabic script. A man passing by on a bike is also shown wearing a black balaclava, implying that he is hugging Cage during the film.
Still as a social media account Right Wing Cope ObservedThe same frame in the video is slightly similar to the one shown in the preview. As it turns out, both store signs are in English, and the menacing biker was actually a smiling black man – a sure sign of an image tampered with generative AI.
Even if AI edits were real, they hardly represent a ruined neighborhood. Of course, for anyone versed in the UK Unique brand of racismThese are obvious dog whistles to audiences eager to confirm that their country is being taken over by insidious migrant gangs.
Cage himself continues to fan these flames, even though his own footage directly contradicts his fear-mongering. “Emergency services are out and about,” Kaz says as a firetruck passes by, appearing to be headed to a blaze, as opposed to a criminal incident. “I feel a special energy in the air, like something is cooking.”
In the video, the biker from the thumbnail even stops to punch Caz after recognizing him from YouTube. “You see, there are friendly people here even among the enemies,” the vlogger tells the camera as the biker pops an ailing Wheeler. “Just surrounded by enemies. Oh God, have mercy on me.”
As an elderly white woman elegantly tells Caz and his henchmen while the cameras are rolling, the YouTuber is “absolutely bullshitting.” “Okay, have a nice day, have a nice day, in Soviet Britain,” Kaz stammers.
back in september, futurism The pro-white, anti-immigrant AI bias was reported to be increasing in Britain. As generic AI has become more accessible, these images have gained prominence as a tool of incitement for right-wing campaigners Anti-immigrant vitriol Throughout the country.
Kaz’s thumbnail is a prime example of this – a piece of media transformed with AI to spread the gospel of reactionary bigotry, which slipped into millions of social media feeds without a second thought.
Caiz did not respond to a request for comment.
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