AI Time Travelers Interrupting Memes

About

AI Time Travelers Interrupting Memes refers to an offshoot of the AI Vines trend in which videos of old memes are edited using Luma AI's Dream Machine software. These AI-extended videos, which emerged in mid-June 2024, often depict an unknown figure interrupting well-known memes, leading many on TikTok to share jokes about a time traveler making it his mission to stop every meme.

Origin

Internet users began using Luma AI's Dream Machine software to extend popular meme videos in June 2024, a trend largely attributed to X^[6] user @TwashTheMan, who made a version of the What's 9 + 10? 21 Vine on June 14th, 2024, gathering over 29 million views and 100,000 likes in four days (seen below).

The video was reposted to TikTok^[1] by @worry_vp on June 16th with the caption, "POV there's time travelers trying to stop every joke that has been said." The post gathered over 8 million plays and 1.4 million likes in two days (seen below).

Spread

More TikTokers picked up on the trend in June 2024, with TikToker^[2] @g.drizzyy posting an AI-extended Vine on June 16th, 2024, gathering over 2 million plays and 170,000 likes in two days (seen below, left). Also on June 16th, TikToker^[3] @smileythebott posted an extended version of the Deez Nuts meme with a similar caption, gathering over 7 million plays and 1 million likes in two days (seen below, right).

On June 17th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @oliveoiljunior posted a version of the Oh My God sound effect meme, gathering over 10 million plays and 1 million likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on June 17th, TikToker^[5] @malcolmmeatball posted a sketch joking about how many videos in the trend show a creepy figure interrupting classic 2016 Vines. The post gathered over 4 million plays and 800,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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