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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds

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Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds

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Post by scotty79 »

DoctorOW wrote: post #9
scotty79 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube is amazing repository of millions of practical skills and knowledge. It's achievement at least on par with Wikipedia. Calling it a mistake just because there's some entertainment there as well that not everybody is fond of is a bit harsh.

I would say the funding model is what makes the difference. Wikipedia sells information (in the form of "Donate or this could all go away") and is financially incentivized to make that information comprehensive and high quality. YouTube sells influence, and it is precisely that practice I object to. Think about the videos on your homepage, in your recommended videos, which publishers you hear from immediately and whi…

You are not required to browse the home page nor any recommendation list.

Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds

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Post by The_President »

bfkwlfkjf wrote: post #17
The_President wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like a mistake to rely on it for anything other than entertainment or simple education. Perhaps what makes it a mistake is now it's yet another vehicle for distraction content gaming for attention space. Parents will attest, that it's wonderful to put a tablet in front of a child to instantly hush them, but then it becomes a dependency where it is increasingly harder to control outbursts of emotion without reso…

> Seems like a mistake to rely on it for anything other than entertainment I disagree, shouldn't be used even for entertainment. Going to YouTube for entertainment and relying on it to guide you is how you end up being radicalised on certain topics.

Entertainment: Nothing wrong with watching the football game on it. Agree that certain other types of "entertainment" material on there is toxic.

Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds

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Post by Bender »

That 20% becomes 90+% if one accidentally clicks on the AI slop which tells me that Youtube somehow know they are AI slop and are profiteering off it thus it will never go away in my opinion. If I click on that crap I have to exit the browser, run Bleachbit and start over again. I never log into Youtube and now I am extra careful to avoid clicking on that crap.

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Post by jenthoven »

galkk wrote: post #20

One of most brutal things is amount of slop on kids channels. Huntrx singing soda pop, Lego singing soda pop, Sonic singing soda pop, ponies singing soda pop… the amount of slop there is brutal . I literally don’t see any way to approach it except just banning YouTube and downloading and curating videos in advance.

In Australia, kids aren't allowed to have YouTube accounts anymore, which means that they'll get served this generic lineup of shorts described in this article. 33% brain rot....I wonder if kids will see more and more brainrot since the algorithm doesn't know anything about them. Tabula rasa.

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Post by bfkwlfkjf »

andsoitis wrote: post #18
bfkwlfkjf wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not gonna be working for Google for free. If they want me to do this they can pay.

The idea of downvoting channels or videos like this is to punish the channel / poster.

That's how Google wants you to think.
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