If you like watching short videos on Reels, YouTube Shorts, or In the video, the owner is clearly irritated, peeking from behind the gate as the cat switches gears at the right moment. It’s absurd, ridiculous, and clearly AI-generated, yet people can’t stop watching it. In fact, this video, originally posted on TikTok, has now also gone viral on X (formerly Twitter) and has received over 6.3 million views.

And this isn’t just a silly one-off clip. This is becoming a trend. Many social media accounts are now creating and posting these bizarre, slightly uncontrolled AI videos. Be it the viral CCTV footage of a cat proudly placing a dead mouse on its sleeping owner’s face, or the “fist fight” clip of a dog and cat that looks like it was choreographed by two cute stunt doubles, these videos are getting millions of views. And unlike AI deepfakes or political AI edits, which often get a lot of hate and skepticism, netizens absolutely love these strange, almost human-like animal moments. These videos are spreading faster than anything else online, and the musical cat video is the latest example.

Social media audiences aren’t just watching these AI-generated videos. They are also actively involved in jokes, reactions and spin-offs.

A user on X reshared the video and wrote: “Anyone can edit with AI, but not everyone has a brilliant chef-kissing idea.”

Another user wrote, “Not a fan of the AI ​​video, but I enjoyed it. Also he got so fat while playing the shamisen.”

These reactions show that while people can be skeptical, even hostile, toward AI-generated news clips, political misinformation or highly polished “perfect” influencers, the public is far more forgiving when it comes to silly animal content. Call it carelessness or creativity, these AI videos are fast becoming an easy formula to earn views, shares and in many cases, money on social media. This is proving that when AI content is absurd, harmless and created purely for entertainment, people are not only tolerating it but also enjoying it and happily re-sharing it.

But why?

Well, a possible part of why netizens are loving these videos could be the appeal of how these videos perfectly straddle the line between nonsense and creativity. Most viewers immediately recognize that the content is not real, and this appears to be part of the attraction. Instead of sophisticated impactful content, people are gravitating towards videos that seem spontaneous, unrealistic or simply pointless as the best possible way to get free laughs. It’s clear that no attempt has been made to “hide” the AI, and this transparency makes it feel lighter, funnier, and more enjoyable. The internet has always loved strange animal behavior, AI makes it easy to create those moments on demand.

Notably, the growing acceptance of harmless AI entertainment comes at the same time as AI-generated content is making waves in more traditional spaces. Recently, an AI-generated country music act called Breaking Rust topped Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart with their single “Walk My Walk.” The track features a singer who doesn’t exist, yet it outperformed real artists and sparked debate over whether AI is about to take over creative tasks.

While many are calling such AI-generated work a killer of human creativity, AI cats, AI raccoons, and AI pets that act like tiny anarchic humans are becoming the internet’s favorite form of digital silliness and an accepted form of AI creativity.