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"The short version is that YouTube used AI to 'enhance' the videos of Rick Beato and Rhett Shull. YouTube used an AI smoothing filter that made the videos look like they were AI generated, and didn’t tell Beato, Shull, or their viewers that they were doing it. They only admitted to it after the two made videos proving it happened, later claiming it was only a 'limited test'.”
https://joshgriffiths.site/youtube-is-awful-im-not-posting-there-anymore/
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@strypey on top of all this, I also feel YouTube's algorithm is less effective than it ever was.
All the videos now have clickbait titles & thumbnails, it's harder than ever to tell the slop apart from the good stuff.
I used to watch tons of YouTube in the past, but nowadays it happens regularly I open the site, scroll around a bit and close it again, because it all looks like trash to me.
"Their excuses are irrelevant. They’ve opened Pandora’s box; they’ve told the world that they can and will edit videos after they’ve been uploaded, and will not tell creators or viewers. You can’t trust anything you see anymore, even from creators who adamantly do not use AI. Sure, it’s 'just' an AI smoother today, but tomorrow they could put an ad straight in the video, or remove something they don’t like."
https://joshgriffiths.site/youtube-is-awful-im-not-posting-there-anymore/
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Wow, these quotes from Josh's blog post about the enshittification of YouTub went viral! And I don't mean fediverse viral, my notifications have been flooded with Favourites, Boosts and comments since I posted them.
Since folks are clearly interested, Josh has some other blog posts relevant to this topic, including one on his favourite PeerTube channels;
https://joshgriffiths.site/peertube-channels-you-should-watch/
(try searching this URL in your fedi app)
He can also be found in the fediverse here;
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