K-pop fans are well-known as a force to be reckoned with on the internet, with some fans holding fierce allegiances and passions when it comes to specific artists.. On social media, some obsessive fans are using generative AI to create what is essentially self-insert fan-fiction—creepy videos and images of themselves kissing, cuddling and getting various kinds of lovey-dovey with their favorite idols. The result is a contemporary, tech-powered mutation of idol culture that takes fan art to new extremes, and many people in K-pop fan communities are understandably pretty upset about it.Users on Reddit and various K-pop forums have expressed outrage at these deepfake fantasies, calling on other fans to report those who use AI tools to generate nonconsensual videos of their K-Pop heartthrobs. In one thread on the K-pop Uncensored subreddit, a user posted redacted screenshots from an AI-generated video by another fan showing themselves being hugged and kissed on the cheek by Keonho from the boy group CORTIS, who is a minor. “Some fans may think it's harmless but if you tolerate this, you're opening doors to much worse things in the future,” Reddit user wbu_lizzie wrote in the thread. “The idols didn't consent to this, they are real people living their lives, not a bunch of wattpad / ao3 characters.”“People have been cutting and pasting these kind[s] of things forever but the more realistic the images get the more dicey it gets psychologically,” wrote user Goldie_Prawn, in another thread on K-pop Uncensored calling out AI usage. “I think even with traditional photoshop the work and skill required gives some level of mental buffer to the creator that isn't there with AI.”