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Apparently #YouTube is doing #AI editing of content without even asking the creators. I've seen several videos from rather established creators, claiming that their video content looks different on YT compared to other platforms. It appears that YT is smoothing skin, toning down wrinkles and more. Which ultimately does make some of the content look as if it was AI created.

Which obviously isn't being appreciated by the creators since they have to deal with the backslash of people contacting them about their contact making baseless accusations. Here just one of the videos for reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nhP8tvbLY

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 4mo ago

They are just trying to increase the compression, less details, less bandwidth. People blow it out of proportions with their “viral” BS and click bait titles.

Yes, they are overdoing it a little and clearly over compressing, but I bet 99% of people wouldn’t tell on their tiny phone screen while walking and watching video

TheGrinder 4mo ago

I hear you but me personally, I pretty much can tell if I'm watching AI generated content or original content. Blurring that line by editing content without even asking the creators is just terrible. At one point we wont know the difference and unless you're already following a creator you'll be always asking yourself if that content is real or just a stupid prompt.

The Fishcake (nostr.build) 4mo ago

They don’t edit, they apply aggressive quantization and remove a lot of details. AI is an overloaded term, it’s a simple ML model that decides bitrate and other crap to minimize the size. Nothing is edited, it’s economically infeasible and unprofitable to them.

Click batty titles are economically profitable for all the wannabe influencers that are making shit up to get clicks

TheGrinder 4mo ago

Did you watch the video? I've been watching some of the videos he referenced as well and they just look really really bad in comparison to the same videos on other platforms.

The Fishcake (nostr.build) 4mo ago

Yes, YT has fucked up in compression department, I am aware and I hate it too. My point is that misuse of words and deliberately misleading audience to get views is nonsense and dishonest.

Yes, some comprehension not done right can make videos look edited and horrible, that is a well known fact in the codecs dev community. There are tons of materials about that if you look

TheGrinder 4mo ago

thanks for sharing your insights on this topic. I will

Bfgreen 4mo ago

They own the platform. People just get to use it. Same old story - get off these platforms.

TheGrinder 4mo ago

Agreed. The problem here is that they're diluting the line between content and AI content. All the AI content booming on those platforms is bad enough. Pulling honest creators into the mess is just the wrong thing to do.

TheGrinder 4mo ago

Agreed but it doesn't give them the right to tamper with the creators work. Especially not in ways that make the content appear to be artificial.

Bfgreen 4mo ago

I understand but that’s fundamentally not the case. It’s a platform people get to use, to share content that the platform owner then owns and has full rights to edit and adjust. If people don’t like that, or didn’t real the EULA, that’s on them.

Bfgreen 4mo ago

*read

hasky 4mo ago

When there is no consent is called forced

Stu 4mo ago

Further blurring the lines between real and fake content. Very useful for the control apparatus.

TheGrinder 4mo ago

you got the point of the note! 🍻