December 12th, 2024, AI SpongeBob Prediction

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About

December 12th, 2024, AI SpongeBob Prediction refers to a doomsday prediction from the AI-generated Squidward Tentacles in the ai_sponge livestream (also known as Loudward). Memes about the world ending on December 12th, 2024, where sparked by the AI-generated parody of SpongeBob SquarePants, notably starting in December 2024 as the date approached. Viral posts about the date mirrored discourse about August 12 2036, The Heat Death Of The Universe which Loudward also predicted in 2023.

Origin

On June 9th, 2023, YouTuber^[1] Phins0 shared a clip from the ai_sponge livestream in which Loudward keeps saying the date December 12th, 2024, further saying, "It's the end of the world and I want to make sure you know when it is." The clip received over 4,700 views in a year (shown below).

In the following days, other clips of Loudward talking about December 12th, 2024, surfaced on YouTube. For instance, on June 14th, YouTuber^[2] BabyShadow67 shared a clip taking place in the Krusty Krab, gaining over 5,300 views in a year (shown below).

On June 15th, 2023, YouTuber^[3] December 12th, 2024 posted another clip of Loudward talking about the date which was reposted from a since-deleted TikToker, gaining over 5,100 views in a year (shown below).

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Loudward's prediction for December 12th, 2024, wasn't widely discussed online until the days before the date. On December 10th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @superstarhaze posted a video, reminding people that the date was in two days, gaining over 4 million plays and 673,300 likes in two days (shown below).

On December 11th, TikToker^[5] @metalanderr posted a similar video, adding a top caption that gave people a "friendly reminder" that the event was on the following day. The video gained over 2.1 million plays and 314,400 likes in a day (shown below).

On December 12th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @kirkiimad posted a video using the TikTok sound^[7] of @superstarhaze's video, showing the date on his phone calendar with a text caption reading, "We're all cooked." The video received over 1.8 million plays and 153,900 likes in a few hours (shown below).

Other TikTokers used the same sound,^[7] which amassed over 5,500 posts in two days.