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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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[–] 59 points 10 months ago (15 children)

I’ve stopped watching YouTube shorts because of this, and the removal of the downvote count makes it harder to tell.

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

    Am I the only one who sticks to subscriptions? It feels like everyone is just consuming whatever the algorithm feeds them

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Can't find new content just sticking to subscriptions unfortunately

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    True, but you eventually reach a point where your subscriptions fill your feed with more videos than you know what to do with.

    I do branch out occasionally and find new channels to subscribe to, either on youtube or through other sources. Crossovers between channels are also helpful.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    You're not the only one, but you are a tiny minority.

    Technology Connections did a really good video on this topic specifically, and while you can't extrapolate his numbers to every channel, seeing that less than 5% of all your views come from people using the subscriptions feed is very telling about how most users operate on platforms like YouTube.

    Nobody wants to build their feed anymore. They want an AI/algorithm to do the legwork for them. This is ingrained in modern culture at this point. All the people I know who use any kind of social media site tell me that they just scroll through their home feed and only like stuff or follow creators to improve their home feed recommendations, not to create a dedicated follow feed.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Why would you ever watch shorts in the first place? First thing I did when they appeared was make a ublock filter to hide them.

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

    Considering a lot of the full YouTube videos are full of padding, taking over ten minutes to get to the point, I can understand why the shorts would have appeal.

    Problem is one way or another people are being incentivized to target a specific runtime regardless of whether they have the material to fit.

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