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by symfoniq 221 days ago
Agreed. I’m increasingly using the presence of AI slop as a primary signal about whether to avoid a company and its products.
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SideburnsOfDoom 221 days ago
Youtube is intentionally blunting this signal by making many videos look slightly slop-y, I mean "enhancing low-res content with AI upscaling"

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/youtu...

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-dismisses-cre...

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Applejinx 221 days ago
Which suggests the next human dirty trick will be to put out AI slop 'supporting' a company and its products just to make 'em deny it was them making it :)
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