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I tried watching what was supposed to be a video comparing several linux distros. Instead, it was AI text to speech narrating over random images. Are people uploading this crap in an attempt to get a share of ad revenue, or just to be awful? I have to hope Youtube doesn't let this be fully automated, so people are doing this on purpose...
theres alot of that with mcu/dcaeu type videos, its so obvious when they mis-pronounce names too.
It was already fully automated years ago, with the bullshit oriented at small kids. It was multibillion endeavour even then, YouTube did nothing to it, why would they, it's their dream business model. The one now, when bots generate slop that is watched by other bots, is just a continuation of that
They could still cut the crap without change in revenue. People would just click on other videos and ads, instead of AI Slop.
They are a monopoly. They don't care and they don't have any financial incentives to care. Making good platform that people want to use is hard, making it a monopoly and populate it with slop that other bots are clicking through way easier, and brings basically the same results. People who don't want to click on slop will continue to do so, but now they're spending more time looking for it, which is even better for ad revenue. What else are they gonna do, watch Vimeo? Go outside? Don't be ridiculous.