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0 pointseucyclos10d ago0 comments

Gotta disagree. I've found several great new YouTube channels that clearly use ai for everything but the script writing. I assume it's an enthusiastic and smart niche expert who lacks the charisma to make videos in addition to doing the research. In very glad ai is filling in those people's weak spots.

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grey-area10d ago

How would you know it’s an enthusiastic and smart expert creating the content you’re consuming, do you have the subject matter expertise to judge that?

The odds are far higher it’s somebody who knows very little about anything but wants to make money from the gullible.

the_af5d ago

> Gotta disagree. I've found several great new YouTube channels that clearly use ai for everything but the script writing. I assume it's an enthusiastic and smart niche expert who lacks the charisma to make videos in addition to doing the research. In very glad ai is filling in those people's weak spots.

But why are you glad? There's no intrinsic right to be popular on YouTube, or to be successful. There's also no lack of YouTubers making interesting videos. Why not let a "natural selection" of sorts weed out these people who lack the charisma or whatever to make videos without AI?

ngetchell10d ago

How do you know the scripts aren't AI generated?

eucyclosOP9d ago

Brevity mostly. I'm sure they are partially ai generated, just not in a way that detracts from my enjoyment.

shimman10d ago

What are these youtube channels, care to share their names?

eucyclosOP9d ago

John ag and that survivalist raccoon were the two I had in mind.

shimman9d ago

hmm, those are definitely AI made. There's one channel I watch periodically that's hard to tell:

https://www.youtube.com/@MedievalWay

Here's a sample video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKdKr4VONc4

I suspect the voice is AI, the thumbnails definitely are, but unsure of the rest of the content. It's really interesting and the content in the video seems legit (looked up the "forgotten vegetables" and was surprised to find that we did forgo a lot of tasty things to satisfy the machine harvesters).

Guessing it's likely a phd student with too much time on their hand.

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leptons10d ago

One person's slop is another person's treasure, I guess. I've seen a lot of slop on Youtube, and I block the channels putting it out. It's pretty awful. They use AI narration that can't pronounce simple common phrases correctly. I'm not wasting my time with that garbage, I'd rather give views to actual people producing good content. I don't have time for slop.

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grey-area10d ago

How would you know it’s an enthusiastic and smart expert creating the content you’re consuming, do you have the subject matter expertise to judge that?

The odds are far higher it’s somebody who knows very little about anything but wants to make money from the gullible.

the_af5d ago

ngetchell10d ago

How do you know the scripts aren't AI generated?

eucyclosOP9d ago

Brevity mostly. I'm sure they are partially ai generated, just not in a way that detracts from my enjoyment.

shimman10d ago

What are these youtube channels, care to share their names?

eucyclosOP9d ago

John ag and that survivalist raccoon were the two I had in mind.

shimman9d ago

hmm, those are definitely AI made. There's one channel I watch periodically that's hard to tell: