Straight answer
Candy Shorts are short stories for adults, generated by AI, with no camera crew or cast involved; the plots are drama between adult characters, often inside a family, an office or a neighbourhood. Some series are mostly conversation and suspense, others are explicit, and Candy puts its adult-labelled ones on the Spicy shelf.
AI porn or AI drama?
Every frame is generated and the platform is 18+, so the label suits some series and not others. For series led by the AI twin of a real performer, Candy states that the performer consented to her twin and was involved in building it.
Knowing before watching
Each series page here has notes on episodes 1 and 2 and flags Spicy titles. Episode 1 opens at zero tokens on every standard series.
See also: does Candy Shorts show nudity?