On the slop-filled internet, Jeremy Carrasco uses his platforms to spread AI literacy.

It was only in June that Jeremy Carrasco uploaded his first videos to TikTok and Instagram. In that short time, he’s amassed over 300,000 followers on each platform. No, it’s not exactly Charli D’Amelio numbers, but that does make him one of the biggest names in AI literacy on social media.

Jeremy told The Verge that he always wanted to try his hand at being a YouTuber. Instead, he found himself behind the camera, working as a producer and director on multicamera livestreams. But he finally decided to take the plunge after realizing that most of the dialogue around generative AI was being driven by the tech companies. “We need other people who are coming at it from more like a creator, like a producer perspective,” he said. While he maintains a YouTube page, it’s on TikTok and Instagram that he’s found his audience.

Originally, the idea was to talk about how to use AI. “I called my page showtoolsai because I was actually quite optimistic about AI and being able to use it ethically for video production.” That idealism turned out to be short-lived, however.

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