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mesa@mesamunefire@piefed.social

YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto

YouTube’s system for suppressing low-quality AI content mistakenly targeted Kurzgesagt, leaving the channel with its worst-performing upload since 2013.

www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtubes-ai-slop-detector-incorrectly-targets-kurzgesagt-as-other-creators-fear-same-fate-3395930/
youtube logo with "banned" slapped over itDexertoYouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - DexertoYouTube’s system for suppressing low-quality AI content mistakenly targeted Kurzgesagt, leaving the channel with its worst-performing upload since 2013.
EvergreenGuru@EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world
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Replying to @⁨mesamunefire@piefed.social⁩

This makes sense. Kurzgesagt makes low quality content that’s poorly researched and has AI overdub. It’s a channel funded partly by a Bill Gates subsidiary, and has to do propaganda for them to meet its budget requirements. To say, “we established ourselves early” as an excuse is dumb. If we’re banning AI slop, then they should be banned.

brucethemoose@brucethemoose@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world⁩

I’ve seen this repeated a ton, so looked into it for myself, especially the “Bill Gates influence” angle.

I don’t buy it.

They aren’t perfect, but every Kurzgesagt video I’ve seen is above par for YouTube. And on the few topics I already knew something about, they seem to cover stuff well.

The criticism, on the other hand, was (to me) entirely unconvincing when investigated. It was mostly “I personally don’t like the agenda these facts point to.”

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And all that aside:

No one should be banned for the wrong reason.

If Kurzgesagt should be taken down, it shouldn’t be from a dysfunctional AI detection filter. It should be over whatever they actually did wrong.

Edited ⁨⁨Aug⁩ ⁨7⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨17:04⁩⁩en