Media and search engines nowadays need a flag system and a filter for AI junk results
Shit like this is why I don’t feel bad about my aggressive ad blocking on YouTube. If they don’t care to deprioritize garbage like this (or moderate really at all) then why should I sit through a 50 second ad to watch a 5 minute video?
The same reason as why Spotify does it. Content that they don’t have to pay any royalty for to anyone. They can keep 100% of the ads money. In a few years we’ll find out all these accounts were just created by the platform themselves. Legally.
I glued my balls to my butthole again.
Welcome to the world of tomorrow!
The technical term is AI slop.
Hasn’t been happening to me. Then again, the music I listen to probably isn’t a big target for AI, yet.
You can just click on the three dots and on “Do not recommend” or Don’t recommend from this channel, then it will stop.
I mean, yes it is garage, but:
- This Popsie Funk channel is upfront, that the music is AI generated. (Link for convinience: https://www.youtube.com/@PopsieFunk )
- There are probably channels out there, that are not upfront and YouTube won’t be able to detect them.
- Why are you listening to the youtube recommendations? Why are you looking at the recommendations? What are you expecting there in the first place?
- Also you can train your recomendations pretty well, by opening videos you don’t like and give them a thumbs down.
Yes, it is still bad.
by opening videos you don’t like and give them a thumbs down
You don’t need to do this. There literally is a feature for exactly this: Click on the three dots and on “Don’t recommend”. If you do this, content like that won’t be recommended to you anymore.
I can promise you that the ‘dont recommend’ rarely works, and if used on Youtube Music it will actually show it to you as if you liked the video, even if you disliked it on regular Youtube
Here’s the full text of the disclaimer on the channel’s “About” tab as of present:
“Disclaimer:
Popsie Funk is a fictitious creation. The tracks are A.I. generated from lyrics and musical compositions that I have created. The A.I. samples are then mixed and edited by me.
I am adding this disclaimer due to repeated questions about the genuine authenticity of Popsie Funk and his music.
While being asked the same question dozens of times can be taxing, I take confusion as a huge compliment!
After all, if you can’t tell by ear that my music is A.I. generated, then I’m doing my job right!”
The channel owner directly states that it is their intention to mislead. I did see the disclaimer on the channel after looking up the “artist” and before making this post, but that disclaimer is not visible on the thumbnail preview and the video description omits any reference to it. The inclusion of the year in the video title as well as the hashtags all attempt to work their way into the feeds of those not in the know to convince them that it is legitimate.
The channels that are not upfront are even worse.
When I am using my phone as opposed to a desktop, I watch YouTube videos in the phone’s built-in browser so I can refresh the page to skip any ads before the video. I typically don’t have the patience after watching the video to open the YouTube app and wait for an ad to load and then wait to swipe the ad out of the way just to “Like” or “Dislike” the video. I may glimpse through the recommended page on the chance there is anything that I may have missed, or that may have been a surprise upload, or that may be adjacent to videos/channels that I’ve already watched and which may be of interest to me.
The channel owner directly states that it is their intention to mislead. I did see the disclaimer on the channel after looking up the “artist” and before making this post, but that disclaimer is not visible on the thumbnail preview and the video description omits any reference to it. The inclusion of the year in the video title as well as the hashtags all attempt to work their way into the feeds of those not in the know to convince them that it is legitimate.
I agree in that regard.
I’m getting a lot of these! But, to me, they recommend musics from 1950s and earlier decades.
