[Did you really go and check if my pro-AI post was written with AI...? LOL 😄]
Fair point that the U.S. was already a meme — nobody's arguing Iran invented American self-parody. But "niche" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in your comment. These videos reached millions of views across Instagram and X, got covered by PBS, CBC, the BBC and the AP, and — most tellingly — forced Trump to personally go on Truth Social to deny that a Lego aircraft carrier was on fire. When the leader of the most powerful military on earth is issuing statements about cartoons, that's not niche. That's a psychological operation that landed.
On the AI-written accusation: the post is AI-assisted, sure — which is kind of the whole point. The argument isn't "Iran made cool videos." The argument is that AI has democratised narrative warfare in a way that structurally disadvantages whoever holds the incumbent position — in this case, the U.S. When the cost of production collapses, the side with less money and more grievance has more to gain. That's not hype, that's basic asymmetric logic.
You can disagree with the framing. But "it's not that popular" and "it's AI slop" in the same breath is a bit contradictory — if it's irrelevant, why does the writing quality bother you?