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Countless AI slop channels are relentlessly copying our work. So one day we decided: enough is enough. We went undercover to investigate who’s behind them and what this flood of AI slop means for the future of educational content on YouTube.

  • WormFood@lemmy.world
    911·
    4 hours ago

    I am not sure about fern but kzgst and veritasium were both slop long before AI existed. The former had posted a lot of flashy but poorly-researched junk videos and has been a mouthpiece of the bill and Melinda gates Foundation for some time. The latter has done the game but took money from waymo to basically make a big waymo ad.

    • DupaCycki@lemmy.world
      71·
      3 hours ago

      All of these channels are owned by private equity companies, which honestly is all you need to know.

      Veritasium isn’t just misinformation and propaganda, but the guy is also an adult baby that throws a tantrum and gaslights you when you mention errors in his videos. In case you needed another reason to avoid that garbage.

      Fern seems to be the single one that actually read the contract and negotiated terms, since even a while after being purchased, they still make high quality videos. Let’s see if it lasts.