I watch a lot of STEAM videos on YouTube. In the past I loved supporting new creators but some time last year I stopped trying new channels that don’t have human presenter, there’s just so much slop. Now I’ve noticed that there are channels where even the presenter is AI. I can spot a few tells (presenter is never on screen for very long, voice pacing doesn’t vary, no ums and ahs, etc) but it’s getting harder and I wish I knew more clues.
One thing that seems to help is checking the channel history (does the presenter age, have they only started making content very recently etc)
Can someone recommend a good, recent guide to spotting AI videos?
You ever listened to a radio with the treble turned up too high? AI always sounds like that to me.
I stopped trying new channels that don’t have human presenter, there’s just so much slop. Now I’ve noticed that there are channels where even the presenter is AI. I can spot a few tells (presenter is never on screen for very long, voice pacing doesn’t vary, no ums and ahs, etc) but it’s getting harder and I wish I knew more clues.
Part of the problem is that even human presenters use too many effects so that they look - well, artificial.
Overproduced, as another commenter put it.
Maybe look for channels that don’t do that? On its face, that would be an indicator of quality in my book.
I agree and it can be the same with the voice - Over-edited speech can sound monotonous or unnatural in the same was as AI. I find it amusing and even a bit ironic that AI has led to an entertainment landscape where low production value and human error have become more valuable!
I find it amusing and even a bit ironic that AI has led to an entertainment landscape where low production value and human error have become more valuable!
As someone who’s been listening to lo-fi/independent music since the '90s, that’s not a new phenomenon.
The music industry has been full of slop long before AI made that even easier.Same goes for movies I believe (not really an expert there).
I think we’re at the point where trying to identify things as specifically AI-generated is becoming too difficult to be worth it, i’d say just start generally filtering out things that aren’t made in good faith.
I’ve been judiciously telling youtube to not recommend me channels that post sensationalized/inflammatory/etc content whenever they show up in my recommendations, and the algorithm has mostly given up on trying to brainwash me at this point.My rule of thumb is that anything that isn’t borderline fucking boring is probably trying to manipulate me, if a dry wikipedia-style description isn’t interesting then i see no reason to bother with it.
There are many news commentators I generally enjoy but EVERY SINGLE VIDEO has a headline about some person getting destroyed or how “it’s over” for them.
I just want like, 20-30 minutes coverage of whatever happens to be the most interesting & important stuff without a whole bunch of bullshit fluff. I’ve stopped watching news on YT in general because of this and just stick to the content that knows it’s slop i.e. video game challenge runs lmao.
I’ve gotten a bit hooked on Trey The Explainer and Tor’s Cabinet Of Curiosities because they’re basically just a dude talking about their hyperfixation for 40 minutes. Podcast++
