China's AI short-drama flood backfired: viewer fatigue killed revenue and dragged down live-action too
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-10-14
Animator Samuel Deats cites China's short-drama market: AI-generated dramas flooded the platform, viewers fatigued by identical "AI faces" and regurgitated plots, the AI dramas lost money, and live-action shorts suffered from the slop flood. Reposting, TheLincoln fears this is a preview—cheap slop crowds out quality, echoing how TikTok/Reels turned to brainrot in two years, with AI accelerating it.
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