I almost reflexively downvoted this because the news pisses me off so much, before I stopped myself because it’s unfair to shoot the messenger.
If you’re someone who actually believes AI-generated content can be good, why is this even necessary‽ Surely the AI stuff will just naturally rise to the top on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels. Is that not happening? I wonder why…
Gotta hand it to Meta though, that is actually a brilliant name for the product.
But that’s my point. Put the AI slop on YouTube. If it’s actually good enough to effect greater viewer retention, it’ll work and the algorithm will feed more of it than human-created content. No need for a specific platform.
This feels like management said “we have AI, we need to build more AI-based products, what’ve ya got?”
But there are boatloads of slop already on YouTube, and the algorithm doesn’t care if you like or dislike it. People will put a dislike and a mean comment but the algorithm sees that as engagement and the slop wins.
Pretty easy to spot them if you’re looking for history related stuff that’s not common, like African kingdoms during the early medieval period or even some Mesoamerican studies - it may start off with real images, but soon it’s only AI slop and that’s when you realize even the voice might be AI. I fell for 2 such videos thus far.
Maybe it will be good in the future, who knows, but it sure is shit now so why try to shove it down our throats if it isn’t to do some dark pattern crap with it.
I almost reflexively downvoted this because the news pisses me off so much, before I stopped myself because it’s unfair to shoot the messenger.
If you’re someone who actually believes AI-generated content can be good, why is this even necessary‽ Surely the AI stuff will just naturally rise to the top on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels. Is that not happening? I wonder why…
Gotta hand it to Meta though, that is actually a brilliant name for the product.
No, but there’s simply an “infinite” amount of ML slop, therefore it’s easier to keep viewers longer.
But that’s my point. Put the AI slop on YouTube. If it’s actually good enough to effect greater viewer retention, it’ll work and the algorithm will feed more of it than human-created content. No need for a specific platform.
This feels like management said “we have AI, we need to build more AI-based products, what’ve ya got?”
But there are boatloads of slop already on YouTube, and the algorithm doesn’t care if you like or dislike it. People will put a dislike and a mean comment but the algorithm sees that as engagement and the slop wins.
Is there genuinely a bunch of AI on YouTube? I watch a lot of content on there, and I don’t think I’ve ever been recommended an AI generated video.
Obviously I’ve had my account for a while, so they’ve got a good idea of what I like to watch.
Pretty easy to spot them if you’re looking for history related stuff that’s not common, like African kingdoms during the early medieval period or even some Mesoamerican studies - it may start off with real images, but soon it’s only AI slop and that’s when you realize even the voice might be AI. I fell for 2 such videos thus far.
Yeah, in particular music and “fake trailers”.
They invested billions into AI. It has to work or they lose a lot of money and the shareholders shan’t be pleased.
Maybe it will be good in the future, who knows, but it sure is shit now so why try to shove it down our throats if it isn’t to do some dark pattern crap with it.