Don't FOMO the AI avatar trend: views are easy, real money needs top 0.0001% virality
aigleeson · x · 2026-10-11
Pushing back on the "AI avatars on YouTube are like buying bitcoin in 2017" hype, aigleeson warns not to FOMO into the trend: gurus exaggerate monetisation to sell courses. Getting views is easy, making good money is very hard unless your avatar content lands in the top 0.0001% of virality.
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