YouTube’s system for suppressing low-quality AI content mistakenly targeted Kurzgesagt, leaving the channel with its worst-performing upload since 2013.

  • Zarobi@aussie.zone
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    22 days ago

    I’ve run my own anecdotal and admittedly small blind trials on friends and family. Most people unfortunately preferred the A.I. slop to real human content. My theory is because it tends to be bright and shiny. The only actual study I could find online, told participants which is which, kind of defeating the purpose in my opinion.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      It’s engagement optimized, that’s why.

      That’s the whole point of the spam; being engagement bait.

      Same thing applies to any human made clickbait, and people have demonstrated they simply cannot help themselves, and click it.