TikTok Users Are Reimagining Alternative Human Histories With Generative AI – SlashGear

Generative AI is a technology that uses algorithms to produce highly realistic, original content in the form of text, images, audio, video, etc., by understanding and using patterns from already existing data. These TikTok users use intelligent image generators based on this technology in a bid to answer a question humankind has been obsessed with for quite some time, which is “What If?”.

To create these videos, AI image generators are often used hand in hand with an AI chatbot. The creators provide the AI chatbot with prompts asking about possible outcomes of a significant change to human history, and the chatbot’s replies are used as the descriptions given to the AI image generators.

“What if Russia ruled Great Britain?”, “What if the USA fell under Islamic Power?” and “What if the United States fell under Soviet Control?” are some real head-scratchers that TikTok user @what.if_ai attempts to answer. These creators often post videos depicting reversals of historical events, too, with one video demonstrating India turning the tables on Great Britain and invading them instead of the opposite. The storyline goes above and beyond, even hilariously reimagining the beloved British novel series Harry Potter and the iconic British rock band The Beatles as Indian. These videos draw in quite a large audience, racking up close to two million viewers in just this particular instance.