Woman trying to use EBT at movie theater detected as AI

Not just popcorn drama: AI strikes at the movies

A viral video featuring a woman arguing with staff about her EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) card at a movie theater concession made more than 185K views and ignited fierce debates about food stamp rules and social attitudes. The scene feels pretty convincing with the sharp dialogue, slick camera moves, all the ingredients of spontaneous real-world drama.

But when we ran the clip through the AI video detector, the results were clear: this conflict was crafted by AI to mimic reality. The dialogue itself seems to be designed to trigger hot takes on social media. Additionally, there’s an artifact with a woman's earring ‘connected’ to one of her braids. Classic AI to rage bait.

The takeaway: manufactured outrage makes for viral gold, but don't let AI emotion-trap you. When you run into suspiciously on-point controversy online, pause and verify. Tools like our detector can keep you a step ahead of fake video drama.

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