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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows

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[–] 96 points 10 months ago (12 children)

It’s probably going to get worse before it gets better. The YouTube algorithm favors low effort frequent posting, so AI slop is perfect for the platform.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Wait that means YouTube might be dying? Im actually mildly happy with that, maybe it ruins their Monopoly and opens the web for smaller niche platforms (not sure how they would survive AI but if they don't reward low effort high freq it might be something?)

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    For it to die there has to be an alternative for the content. I don't see anything that could replace it at the moment.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Peertube comes to mind.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Peertube still needs improvements to start looking attractive.

    While it is technically federated, using it still feels like it's just a bunch of small disjointed sites.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    That's fair. I just hope mentioning and drawing more people to the platform helps (or provides incentive) for it to improve.and become a viable YouTube replacement. Or at least a supplement to something better than YouTube.

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