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malthaussen

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6. The amount of AI-generated content on YT lately is downright shocking...

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:14 PM

Dec 23

... and makes me very, very sad. I am constantly telling YT to ban this or that channel from my feed -- usually several daily. One can tell just from the titles of the videos that they are clickbait slop.

There are still several good history channels on YT, but they are being lost in the noise.

-- Mal

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44 ridiculous (some funny) Roman army rules to survive if possible [View all] UTUSN Dec 22 OP

That entire channel is AI-generated, with a new half-hour AI video on a different subject roughly every other highplainsdem Dec 22 #1

That's them. This is me. Is the content here untrue? UTUSN Dec 22 #2

Since it's AI generated, the odds are at least some of it's untrue. If you're interested in history, find highplainsdem Dec 22 #4

I've been saturated in credible YouTubes on history UTUSN Dec 22 #5

The amount of AI-generated content on YT lately is downright shocking... malthaussen Dec 23 #6

See the thumbnail that's the top image for this video, the AI art about "explloorers" highplainsdem Dec 22 #3