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YouTube is Already 20% AI Slop

2026-06-02 Science & Technology
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Visit https://brilliant.org/coldfusion to try Brilliant’s tutor for free and get a 20% off an annual subscription. Watch my appearance on how AI Slop is Destroying Soccer and the World Cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6vLiTSp_c YouTube is going through a bit of a rough patch when it comes to dealing with AI. From a flood of low-effort videos, scams and theft to overzealous banning and AI creator tools that make little sense. It's sad to see one of the best platforms go through such a transformation, but the good news is that something is finally being done about it. In this episode we explore. Watch or listen to ColdFusion on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YEwCKoRz8fEDqheXB6UJ1 ColdFusion Music: https://www.youtube.com/@coldfusionmusic http://burnwater.bandcamp.com Created by: Dagogo Altraide Producers: Tawsif Akkas, Dagogo Altraide

Top Comments (10)

@The...0_0... 2026-06-02

I've lost track of the amount of channels I've had to say ' do not recommend channel ' it's so annoying

470 16 replies
@StarskyBuba 2026-06-02

I find it utterly confusing, hypocritical and nonsensical that YouTube are constantly de-monetising decent proper content creators for copyright infringement and yet they are willfully giving you the tools to clone and copy other legitimate YouTube creators styles. Seems like a contradiction and somewhat of a conflict of interests. What message are they trying to tell both creators and consumers?

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@JeffBilkins 2026-06-02

I generally rely on my subscription feed more then the homepage and sidebar recommendations but this limits new channel discovery

808 22 replies
@ethan2676 2026-06-02

Ive been reporting any AI generated channels I find and so far YouTube has done nothing to address these. They could easily label AI generated videos but they don’t. The truth is they don’t want users to be able to tell the difference between human-made and AI-made content.

23 2 replies
@next.institute 2026-06-02

Even the ads are ai-generated slop showing fake people, pushing fake courses or therapies to fight popular problems. I'm European, it's not legal to make unrealistic health claims, but YT is American..

188 8 replies
@tradefort_1990 2026-06-02

8:20 interesting pie chart you got there😂.

33 2 replies
@Sean-ir3fz 2026-06-02

I find myself reaching for the "do not recommend channel" button all the time now

640 27 replies
@gcburns4 2026-06-02

The worst is when you see it in older publications. I saw Sports Illustrated article that clearly had AI generation.. the tell was it got timing wrong, it was talking about past players as if they were still on a team, and no one even checks it apparently.

25 2 replies
@Mvjesty23 2026-06-02

It’s so disrespectful for people to think that you’re using AI. You’ve been on this platform for what feels like forever! I greatly appreciate your effort

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@someoneelse4492 2026-06-02

Very disturbing to see youtube themselves posting AI slop documentaries pretending to be human with inaccurate information. Perhaps youtube needs to ban their own staff?

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