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
#2YouTube already slaps creators with demonetization for a wide array of topics and copyright strikes for minor sound clips.
They could easily require creators to label videos that have AI-generated video and also build detection tools themselves. Will they?
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#3YouTube already slaps creators with demonetization for a wide array of topics and copyright strikes for minor sound clips. They could easily require creators to label videos that have AI-generated video and also build detection tools themselves. Will they?
Google is in the business of selling slop creation tools. They want you to consume it, they don't want to provide ways to filter it out.
Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
#4YouTube already slaps creators with demonetization for a wide array of topics and copyright strikes for minor sound clips. They could easily require creators to label videos that have AI-generated video and also build detection tools themselves. Will they?
Google is in the business of selling slop creation tools. They want you to consume it, they don't want to provide ways to filter it out.
I assume the end game is youtube will eventually almost entirely be their own slop
at which point they won't have to pay pesky creators
Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
#5YouTube (and really any social media) was kind of a mistake. You can argue traditional mass media was imperfect, but at least it was up to public scrutiny. An algorithm is manipulative in a much more opaque way.
Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
#6I started seeing AI slop of US military members celebrating their 1776 USD "bonus".
Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
#7YouTube (and really any social media) was kind of a mistake. You can argue traditional mass media was imperfect, but at least it was up to public scrutiny. An algorithm is manipulative in a much more opaque way.
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.
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#8I constantly think whether it’s viable to build robust software to get rid of slop, AI or non AI. I see tough challenges (platforms don’t care), but also see value. Does anyone have an opinion?
Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
#9YouTube (and really any social media) was kind of a mistake. You can argue traditional mass media was imperfect, but at least it was up to public scrutiny. An algorithm is manipulative in a much more opaque way.
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 which disappeared. I can see it trying to manipulate me.
Re: More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
#10I constantly think whether it’s viable to build robust software to get rid of slop, AI or non AI. I see tough challenges (platforms don’t care), but also see value. Does anyone have an opinion?
It would probably be good if it worked. Not quite sure how you'd automatically detect it.