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.

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

I use freetube to kinda help deal with it but it is still a real issue. Even something like internet browser comparison videos are filed with AI voice overs and no real human input.

Manosphere fanfic everywhere.

“Generating” $117m, or allocating ad revenue and watch hours to these videos? Because it sounds like businesses will pay for advertisements to see numbers go up, and if numbers go up then people think ads are working. This whole economy is stupid because unless the money is coming from a consumer then it’s false. If the only thing being consumed is content, the ads are simply a hurdle that people love to keep throwing in the way and propping up this shit content. At some point market economics needs to win and balance things out and advertisers need to check their ROI, but that will never happen because new metrics will be made to justify the marketing teams or 3rd party consultants these companies are paying to put out these ads.

If there was a filter for “unmonetised” this house of cards would fall on its ass. Real people uploading real content to share for real consumers to enjoy and view.

Tell your favorite content creators to get over to Nebula. Or are there better options?

Honestly, Youtube was already pretty shit with all of the obvious monetization schemes and paid “influencer” content. Even though I never watch reaction videos I feel like they are always recommended to me. Their algorithms were already busted to prefer user-created slop. This is just another step towards complete enshittification.

Go to FB where it must be around 40%

Horrendous amounts of BS on X, Facebook, Insta, TikTok, etc. Applies to ' news ', images and videos.

Why it wouldn't be? You ask AI, you generate with AI, you replace humans with AI an you also watch AI.\ Wait till they change news anchors with AI.

Blocktube is a necessity now. I had to swap back to firefox, despite preferring Brave a lot more, because without the ability to block channels, Youtube quickly becomes unusable.

So what percent is AI?