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Comment on YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

How is it slop? I occasionally watch it, and my bullshit detector never went off. They do a good enough job simplifying complex topics into very approachable and fun-to-watch animations.

I really don’t see anything bad about what they make. I’m not a huge fan, but that’s only because it’s not precisely my jam. But I get the impression that it’s well researched and, obviously, very well produced. No slop in sight.

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hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s sensationalist. It is well researched, so it’s generally technically accurate, and they admit when they make a mistake. But, it’s also generally focused on things that are either very hypothetical, or just not helpful. Basically, it’s high quality clickbait.

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- kevinsky@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You and I have a very different ideas about what clickbait is.
  
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- NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Right, I guess that’s what turns me off from it, somehow you put it into words better than I ever could. But it’s still nowhere near “slop”, and I don’t like it being slandered. It’s entertaining (for those who enjoy it), it’s harmless, and the smoothness of the animations can even scratch a “competence porn” itch. I really think they’re going for an ASMR kind of thing, and it’s working. And I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
  
  I can also guess that that’s why they’re going for those kinds of subjects in most of their videos. Anything that is even a little bit controversial or political can turn people away, so it’s safer to stick with things that are a bit detached from the world. … Or something like that.
  
  Not to mention that any topic that doesn’t call for cool animations is immediately out of the running. The coolest animations come from the exact kinds of topics you described. Something on the cusp of science and science fiction.
  
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  - hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’m not trying to slander them. It’s just my opinion. They put time and effort into their videos; they’re just, like, lowest common denominator videos. To me, that makes them slop. A million times better than AI slop, but still slop, in the same way that History Channel videos are slop.
    
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    InevitableList@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    If this is slop then what word would you use for someone like Simon Whistler who just cold reads a Wikipedia inspired script that’s handed to him?
    
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- fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  First time on the internet?
  
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- anon137@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  you might be brain dead
  
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p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
They are owned by venture capitalists.

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- CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Lots of things are, decent and not.
  
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  - p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Not typically in the world of YouTube. That’s kind of the point.
    
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    SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You’re on beehaw man, that won’t get through their liberal skulls
    
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- phlaym@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  are they? Neither the transcript, nor their linked sources say anything about kurzgesagt. And I’m not watching the whole thing of they can’t even be bothered to write a list somewhere.
  
  Kurzgesagt started as a design agency, but I think they’re doing only youtube (+ merch and their video game); I couldn’t find anything about them being owned by someone else than their founder
  
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