TikTok’s main attraction are the people, not just the videos. Trends, drama and etc. all involve real humans doing real human stuff, so it’s relatable.
I might be wrong, but AI videos are on the same path as AI generated images. Cool for the first year, then “ah ok, zero effort content”.
TikTok is one of the easiest platforms to create for, and look at how much human attention it has sucked up.
The attention/dopamine magnet is accelerating its transformation into a gravitational singularity for human minds.