Today in Things That Make Me Want to Gouge Out My Eyes and Move as Far Away as Possible From All Signs of Humankind, we’re once again going to talk about the slew of infidelitous fruit content that’s currently contributing to the disintegration of our planet.
As you may recall, though I envy you if you don’t, the cheating fruit-centric slop in question has garnered an unfortunate amount of attention in recent weeks on TikTok and beyond. To quote Complex’s Joe Price, “whatever is going through the minds of the people who feel compelled to get AI to pump this slop out” remains unclear.
What is clear, however, is that one of the accounts known for boosting such material recently appeared to be going full-spiral amid the apparent removal of videos from the platform.
“Guys like half of my videos got removed wtaf,” a TikTok account bearing the name Fruit Love Island shared in one update, seen below. “Fuck u AI-hating cunts.”
The updates continued from there, with mentions of schizophrenia and video removal appeals. In a particularly glaring post, notably featuring GIFs of a robot and a crying polar bear, “AI haters” were more directly targeted.
“Btw to all the AI haters who reported my videos, I’m gonna use so much fucking AI and use all your fucking clean water,” reads the post.
For those not aware, water consumption is indeed a very real environmental impact of the proliferation of generative AI models.
By Wednesday morning (March 25), an apology appears to have been offered. From seemingly the same TikTok account, a post was shared in which a four-part statement was included. In it, whoever runs the page claimed to have only just regained access, further asserting that they had given their login info to two people who then proceeded to share it with a third party.
“I just gained access back to this account,” reads Wednesday’s update. “I originally created this account for people to watch Fruit Love Island without directly supporting the creator who uses AI. Over time, people kept demanding more and rushing me, and two people who I thought [I] could trust asked me if I needed help managing the episodes.”
The statement goes on to highlight “disgusting videos” shared to their account, laying the blame on those to whom they gave access and offering an apology.
As of this writing, the account appeared to have been deactivated.
