The AI personas that will survive are the ones openly admitting they're fake
Codeblix_Ltd · reddit · 2026-10-16
The author argues AI influencer builders have it backwards: personas that openly admit being artificial will build durable audiences, like modern kayfabe in pro wrestling — the crowd knows and plays along, making attachment stronger. Meanwhile "totally a real person" AI accounts all die the same way: one uncanny slip turns the story into a scandal. Is honesty itself the product?
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