I think a lot of younger people are also not mentally equipped to handle it. Outside of the hackernews sphere of influence, people are really bad at spotting AI slop (and also really bad at caring about it)
Erm, guilty as charged? Although, I don't think you can blame people for that.
There was a video recently comparing a bunch of "influencer girls" that had signs of "This is AI" and "This is Real". They could all have been AI or could all have been real. I have zero confidence that I could actually spot the difference.
This is doubly true as an "Online Video Persona" has a bunch of idiosyncrasies that make them slightly ... off ... even if they're real (example: YouTube Thumbnail Face, face filters, etc.). AI is really good at twigging into those idiosyncrasies and it serves as nice camouflage for AI weirdness.
They recognize AI slop easily and definitely do care enough to avoid it. As do their friends.
AI-generated content has near-zero commercial value long-term.
Heck, even humans subtly trying to sell something give off a vibe you can pick up quickly. But now and then they're entertaining or subliminal enough that they get through.