Episode

The Weird AI Video Formula Getting Millions of Views

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Fast Hours
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Jun 7, 2026
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Summary

In Episode 70, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn are joined by Tyler Bernabe, better known as jboogxcreative, a full-time generative AI creator, strategist, and social menace responsible for some of the wildest AI videos your algorithm has probably shoved into your face at 1:13 a.m. They get into how Tyler has gone viral across multiple generations of AI tools, why copying trends is creative quicksand, how shock value actually works when it is paired with taste, and why the best AI creators are building formats instead of chasing them. The conversation also goes deep into the unglamorous machinery behind creative internet magic: Instagram to Patreon funnels, ManyChat, six-hour livestreams, creator burnout, client work, taste, consistency, and why “just post more” is advice usually given by people who should post less. Then things get properly nerdy. Tyler breaks down his current AI creative stack, including Midjourney 8.1, Seedance, Claude, YAML-style video prompting, Nano Banana, GPT image editing, Kling, Artcraft, Venice AI, Magnific/Freepik Spaces, Weavy, Reeve 2.0, and the never-ending wait for a proper Midjourney editor. Along the way, they cover Chinese prompt translation for Seedance, 10,000-character prompt workflows, reference image construction, anime style development, mood board blending, why AI should sometimes pull you away from your own creative bias, and why the smallest edit in AI video still feels like defusing a tiny cursed bomb. ⏱️ Fast Hour00:00 Fast Hours welcomes Tyler aka jboogxcreative01:51 Going viral through every AI era02:35 The anatomy of scroll-stopping AI03:07 The seductive food video origin story05:32 Running opposite the AI meta08:24 Is AI art? Tyler’s best answer10:35 Why clients pay for your thing12:10 Stop copying other creators17:11 Viral…