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Sequoia Partner Jess Lee says AI slop fanfic might birth the next Netflix

24 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In a brief interview segment, Sequoia partner Jess Lee observes the rise of "AI slop"—low‑budget, fan‑fiction style videos generated by artificial intelligence that are proliferating on TikTok. She cites a specific example that blends Harry Potter with The Hangover, noting that while character consistency is imperfect, the piece is surprisingly entertaining and would be difficult to produce without AI. Lee argues that as these AI‑generated micro‑dramas improve, they could evolve from niche fan‑fiction into a mainstream short‑form storytelling medium, potentially spawning a new content platform comparable to YouTube or Netflix.

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When I go on TikTok, what I see is I see a lot of what today is termed AI slop, right? Like bad, you know, fanfic AI-generated videos. But it is getting better and better and better. I saw this one that was Harry Potter crossed over with The Hangover. And so, you know, Draco and Harry Potter are like, we can't find Ron, he's gone. Why is there a tiger in our bathroom? Which is like literally the plot of The Hangover. We're Harry Potter characters. And it's actually pretty well made. I mean, character consistency's not good. The faces change slightly from, you know, for parts of the story. But it was really entertaining. And it would be very hard to make that any other way except with AI. And so I think we're gonna see this with like what looks like weird niche fan fiction. And then it's just gonna start to become AI short form stories, AI micro dramas, just, full-on content. And I think there's a possibility of someone creating sort of the next YouTube, uh, or the next Netflix.