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Date : Wed Jun 18 2025 04:15:07

I watched some of the viral ASMR videos made with AI and I feel more confused 
than soothed

Date:
Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Description:
AI-generated ASMR videos made with Google Veo are visually stunning but often 
bizarre.

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There's a strawberry made of glass that someone is cutting like it's made of 
jelly, then the same thing happens to several other berries and the Pokmon 
Charizard. A woman dips tongs into a platter of molten rock and takes a bite 
of the apparently delicious treat before spreading some on a waffle and 
taking a bite. 

These aren't a cough-syrup-induced hallucination; it's the latest trend in 
ASMR videos, created with Google's Veo 3 and other AI movie generators. 

You might have seen these and other bizarre videos on your TikTok algorithm. 
Im not the biggest proponent of ASMR videos and their gentle whisperers, 
rhythmic tapping, and other soporific audio, but I understood the appeal. I'm 
not so sure the AI version is just as good. These arent your traditional 
low-fi lo-fi tapping-and-brushing videos. @softcrunchai 

  original sound - SoftCrunchAI 

Google Veo is definitely the most popular choice of AI video generators for 
ASMR. As good as the model is at producing realistic videos (for a given 
value of realism in this case), it still creates videos with a sheen of 
artificiality, lacking the errors and imprecision that are the hallmark of 
human-made ASMR. 

Friends of mine who are much bigger fans of ASMR claim it's not just the 
sounds and voices that entice them. It's the intimacy and immediacy that they 
like. One said that the 'tingle triggers' are there in the AI videos, but 
it's just not the same. AI ASMR @impossibleais 

  green to blue (slowed + reverbed) - daniel.mp3 

That's not a universal opinion, though. These videos rack up millions of 
views. The comments are full of both excitement and confusion, with people 
unable to explain why they like the videos, or who are amazed how they can't 
stop watching them. 

Part of the appeal might be novelty. Anything new will have a fanbase at 
least for a little while, and Veos video quality is unlike anything most 
people have seen before. It mimics natural lighting, shadow, and realistic 
camera motion. Perfect glass statues of Pokmon that can be cut in half with 
ease, because they're all AI-generated, are an eye-catcher for sure. 

As fun as it is, I wonder if anyone seeking a pure ASMR experience will 
choose an AI video. The sounds may scratch that auditory itch, but I wonder 
how many lists of favorite ASMR videos will include them. 

Not every AI trend has to make sense. Some of them very much don't. AI ASMR 
may have a niche place in the overall ASMR ecosystem. Still, I don't think 
the majority of people who fall asleep to sweet whispers will prefer the 
sound of simulated glass crunching under an invisible knife. @impossibleais 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/i-watched-some-of-
the-viral-asmr-videos-made-with-ai-and-i-feel-more-confused-than-soothed


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