Adults turn to AI videos for basic life lessons

Not sure where is the best place to store your bananas? Wondering whether to split the bill on a first date? Perhaps you’re confused about your skin care routine, aren’t sure how your medications work, or haven’t decided yet which foods are good for your health.

You’re in luck, because AI advice videos are exploding on social media as adults turn to AI content that explains basic life lessons and skills.

why is it important

The rise of generative AI technologies is rapidly reshaping society, with particular implications for media and the way we consume it.

There are many serious concerns about AI, ranging from its environmental impact to its disproportionately negative impact on women and minorities. And many experts have expressed concern that AI could affect our brains and learning, simply making us stupid.

Research published in society In January 2025, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that people who write essays using large-scale language models, such as ChatGPT, had lower brain activity than those who didn’t.

Another article published in a magazine frontiers of psychology It suggested that regular use of AI can affect an individual’s memory capacity.

What you need to know

In this environment of widespread concern about how AI affects our brains, adults are turning to AI-generated advice videos for basic life skills.

Many of these videos feature AI foods introducing themselves and explaining their health benefits. Others display AI food and explain how best to prepare and serve it.

The advice is simple. How to boil pasta, how to cut onions, and when to throw away rotten fruit.

In a video that has been viewed 17 million times, a piece of meat with an AI face proclaims, “I’m the steak.” “You’re treating me wrong,” he warns. Another video shows bread in the fridge and warns: “Why am I in the fridge? I am bread. The cold is sucking the moisture out of me.” That video has been viewed 130,000 times.

AI food videos are floating online with meme potential, and videos of people imitating AI vegetables are generating millions more views.

However, these response videos are more than just jokes. Rather, people share what they learn from this content.

An Instagram reel shared by an adult man named Freddy Bolanos is overlaid with text that reads, “When you remember what AI has taught you about food.” And that seems to be a common sentiment, considering this reel has been liked over 300,000 times.

Many of these videos are structured around how one food is better than another. “I am sea salt. Table salt is the poisonous powder of bleach,” the animated salt rock says in a video uploaded by the Instagram account “Daily Food Care”, which has been viewed 8.5 million times.

These videos regularly depict AI foods interacting angrily with each other. For example, a square of dark chocolate screams nutritional superiority over a square of white chocolate.

But it’s not just food that these videos advise on. In one video shared by the Instagram account “Modern Cheat Codes,” an AI-generated receipt displays a message warning people not to split the bill for a date. “Stop!” it warns. “Don’t make her pay a dollar. This is the first date. You asked her out. That means you’re going to be all in on me. Be a gentleman.” That video has been viewed more than 790,000 times.

Another viral video warns against pouring oil down the drain, and one post warns against using metal cutlery in metal pots.

One video shared by the Instagram account Doctor Buddy is dedicated to hair care advice, sharing advice on hair best practices, such as warning against using a hair straightener without heat protection. As of reporting, it has been viewed 15 million times.