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AI Steve Harvey refers to AI-generated images of American television personality Steve Harvey. In October 2023, two sets of AI-generated images of Harvey, one in which he is drinking alcohol and crying and the other in which he is being chased through the woods by monsters went viral online, with the former set achieving major popularity as reaction images.

Origin

On October 5th, 2023, TikTok^[1] user @mugrootbeerfan posted a slideshow of 12 AI-generated images in which American television host Steve Harvey drinking and crying (three images shown below). The images were generated with the DALL-E generative AI. The upload received over 703,000 views and 211,000 likes in two weeks.

Later on October 5th, TikToker @mugrootbeerfan posted^[2] another slideshow of AI-generated images of Harvey, this time of him being chased by monsters through the woods at night. The slideshow garnered over 4 million views and 882,000 likes on TikTok in two weeks (three images shown below).

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On October 6th, 2023, X^[3] / Twitter user @Hoodville_ posted one of the images from the first slideshow, captioning it. The post (shown below, left) gained over 1,600 reposts and 8,200 likes in 10 days. Later that day, the Tumblr^[4] account adonischildsupportcase posted three images from the slideshow, with the post garnering over 1,700 reblogs and 2,600 likes in 10 days.

On October 17th, X^[5] user @faiththegemini shared the images, writing, "Steve Harvey…. you good?" The post (shown below, right) received over 1,300 reposts and 12,000 likes in nine days.

On October 7th, X^[6] / Twitter user @H1tWOM4N shared four images from the second slideshow, joking about the AI discourse. The post (shown below) received over 7,400 reposts and 68,900 likes in nine days.

In the following days, multiple caption posts using AI-generated images of Harvey drinking and crying went viral on X.

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