Wondering if there’s some sort of big list of channels whose videos are known to be mostly or entirely AI stuff, whether the text, the narrator or other details. It’s really annoying to start watching and noticing something “off”, only to check the channel and notice that it’s been pumping out 25-30min videos every 2 days for the past year.
It’s easy to avoid the AI animation stuff, but it’s annoying when you’re looking for history, psychology, science and other stuff.
No possible way it could be maintained. Youtube allows anyone with an email address to make a channel, and AI tools are cheap or free, and people can make bank by getting their shitty AI-narrated fake documentaries in front of enough people, so there are thousands popping up and getting suggested on people’s feeds every single day. Most originate in other countries and most don’t even succeed so it’s just millions of dead channels with a few shitty AI clips, with fresh new ones popping up all the time.
I also don’t know how you could prevent abuse of such an app from users reporting channels that just talk about AI or even completely bogus campaigning from hateful groups.
If there is one, I worry that it won’t possibly be able to keep up. Youtube is actively encouraging AI generated content now.
Unfortunately, I think a whitelist is the only option here. Subscribe to specific accounts that you know are legitimate, and use some kind of desktop app for Youtube instead of browsing the site, so you don’t get AI generated recommendations after the video.
I ended up subscribing to Nebula.tv last week, hoping to avoid youtube altogether. It’s definitely missing a few categories of content (in fact it’s mainly video essays and LegalEagle), but that’ll be my starting place for videos from now on.
You’d be better off asking for a whitelist of channels that aren’t.
I find it so crazy that there’s no “Ignore this channel” feature on Youtube.
Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to prevent people from blocking or ignoring channels they hate?
Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to prevent people from blocking or ignoring channels they hate?
Sociopaths (euphemized as “marketers”) whose entire business model is based on forcing you to see things you hate.
“Don’t recommend this channel” feature exists and works.
It will still show the channel in search results, which really sucks if they’re a prominent channel in a specific field.
Just find channels you like and subscribe to them. Anything else is a losing battle.
Why not try?
(Edit: Also why are people downvoting me when I’m not off-topic? 🤨)
That’s like asking why not try making an email blacklist of spammers. A bot can make accounts faster than any humans can keep up. You need other methods to handle the problem.
I’m not sure, but I use an addon that lets me block channels as I come across them.
What add-on is that?
Blocktube.
