Last time, we zoomed in on the dark side of AI—the scams, the fake voices, the chaos, and all the lowkey dangerous stuff people are using it for.

But today? We’re flipping the script.

We’re talking about some of the insanely cool, ridiculously creative, and slightly chaotic (but in a good way) things people are doing with AI.

Starting with...

A YouTuber who doesn’t eat, sleep, or exist.

Meet Bloo — a virtual gaming YouTuber with bright blue hair, Pixar-level charm, and over 2.5 million subscribers. He plays Minecraft, GTA, Roblox, and somehow manages to be funnier than half of real YouTube.

Thing is… Bloo isn’t real. He’s in fact fully AI-powered.

And for the sake of details:

  • Bloo was built by Jordi van den Bussche (aka Kwebbelkop), a longtime YouTube creator who burned out from the content grind, created a cartoon version of himself, and let AI take it from there.

  • Jordi now uses tools like ChatGPT, ElevenLabs, Claude, and Gemini to run the whole operation—from scripting content and dubbing Bloo’s voice in multiple languages to auto-generating thumbnails.

  • Revenue? Already in the seven figures. Yup. A digital character with zero pulse is cashing real checks.

But it gets even wilder.

There’s a startup called Hedra that’s turning up the heat with an AI tool called Character-3.

With this tool you can:

  1. Create a fully AI-generated character complete with voice, emotions,and gestures.

  2. Feed it a script and personality

  3. Pump out full 5-minute videos with zero actors, cameras, or crew

Plus it already raised $32 million — backed by Andreessen Horowitz (so yeah… big money’s paying attention).

And get this: people are already doing absolutely unhinged, creative stuff with it. For instance:

  • Jon Lajoie’s “Talking Baby Podcast” (a hyper-realistic animated baby who has a mic and opinions)

  • Milla Sofia, a virtual singer and artist whose AI-generated music videos attract thousands of views.

And no, it doesn't stop there.

There’s now an entire underground scene of creators running faceless AI YouTube channels with zero humans on screen.

One standout? A Spain-based creator known only as GoldenHan, who runs a massive network of channels and publishes up to 80 AI-generated videos a day. Some rack up a steady few thousand views, while others suddenly go viral — pulling in millions.

The twist? Most of the audience is 65 and older.

He even launched a platform called TubeChef, letting others spin up similar AI-driven content factories—for just $18/month.

His take:

“People think AI makes you less creative, but I’ve never felt more creative. Coming up with 60 to 80 viral video ideas a day is no joke. The ideation is where all the effort goes now.”

But of course… with great AI power comes… AI slop.

That’s the name critics have given to the growing pile of low-effort, mass-produced, soulless AI content flooding TikTok, YouTube, and Insta.

For one, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real and what’s just algorithm juice.

Some users are burnt out, while others can’t stop watching. But here’s the thing: as long as the clicks keep coming… the AI content machine won’t stop.

And to be fair? The internet has always been full of cringe. AI just made it faster, louder, and easier to produce.

So yeah. AI might be flooding the internet with a whole lot of chaos—but it’s also unlocking new ways to create, entertain, and build entire digital careers... all without ever showing your face.

Is it genius? Is it lazy? Is it both?

Honestly, that’s between you and your algorithm.

You should check out the full report for all the eyebrow-raising details.

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