I'm amused and scared by how many people think this AI slop is a real microscopic movie

u/DieShowWithDerMouse vented in r/labrats about a viral (32K upvotes) r/interesting video claiming to show 'two brain cells forming a new connection,' which was actually AI-generated but widely believed by users. Experimental scientists collectively broke down its flaws: u/ImaginaryTower2873 compared textbook-style neurons with real electron microscopy; u/Noah9013 and u/MrNiceguy037 noted that ordinary people have no way to tell the difference; u/superhelical and u/fruitydude cited 'no Brownian motion, 60fps full-color SEM' as fatal giveaways; u/_Warsheep_ lamented that even after someone explained it was fake, the upvotes still doubled. This event is a verifiable external post (🔗); the scientific community's critique constitutes expert consensus, and it reflects a new risk of AI microscopy fakes misleading science communication.

Checked 🔗 (The referenced viral r/interesting post is a verifiable external link; the scientific community's judgment that it is an AI fake is expert consensus, not independently experimentally verified by this account)