Viral AI ASMR trend: uncanny valley or soothing escape?

New ASMR videos produced with tools like Google’s Veo 3 feature odd, surreal scenes—cutting glass strawberries, eating edible lava. The TechRadar author found them “more confused than soothed,” adding that these AI‑generated sensory clips deviate from traditional ASMR’s relaxing roots.

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