> When you see an unlabelled AI video, Maddox says it feels like a set up. "The joy feels manufactured. It can be hollow in a way that's almost fraudulent. Ultimately I think it's going to make us a lot more cynical about the world."

This is a core problem with genAI-produced stuff like this. The deception is corrosive and further damages society. It makes me suspicious of and less interested in recently produced/written things.