YouTube If you were YouTube how would you deal with Ai Slop?

[UnusualSubstance]

We've all seen the absolutely diabolical garbage of the highest order that AI slop is on YouTube.

It got me thinking how would you deal with it?

As I understand it YouTube are cracking down on AI slop at least in regards to monetisation but is there more they can do?

Yet at the same time it seems that YouTube is actively pushing AI features itself.

Bit of a dilemma here.

 

[roydan]

Honestly, I'd probably do what they did. Put a small (AI Made) tooltip at the bottom and keep cashing them. Maybe lower CPM but that's pretty much it.

 

[RiskyStuff]

What...
YouTube doesn't judge you.
Viewers do. If people like it, then why treat it badly. Let it be.

You can't add infinite videos to YouTube like in the past. They updated their account making past 3 years so many times I lost the count.

 

[timstl0]

Honestly don't know a way to detect that kind of thing on a mass scale like that. Personal review is the best way to handle it but that doesn't work on youtubes scale. And there's no decent way to automatically detect this stuff either.

I dont think youtube needs to do anything about it so they wont. Normally a business should cut down on spam on their platform to keep their image clean. But youtube doesn't have any direct competitors to worry about, so theyve basically got free reign to do what they want. It's not like people will go anywhere else.

 

[TheVigilante]

I think it's the AI doing the banning so nothing we can do about it plus majority of the channels are shit so they deserve a ban

I believe being faceless is a disadvantage

 

[RiskyStuff]

I think it's the AI doing the banning so nothing we can do about it plus majority of the channels are shit so they deserve a ban

I believe being faceless is a disadvantage

There is big difference between bad AI and good AI. I can make music better than 90% of AI music channels because I'm decent at prompt engineering and I engineer everything manually, so it's not repetitive.

Once you repeat yourself, create templates and run it like a low quality factory of copycat material, you get your accounts suspended. It's not a big problem if you run only one templated account, but if you scale the same style across 100s of videos, you get banned for spam, bad practices etc.

You don't go to AI asking it to create prompts to create music. It doesn't work like that. You need real creativity powerhouse to have unique styles and make good content. People doing prompt engineering get paid a ton of money right now. I suppose it'll drop in the future, but it's still engineering.

 

[TheVigilante]

There is big difference between bad AI and good AI. I can make music better than 90% of AI music channels because I'm decent at prompt engineering and I engineer everything manually, so it's not repetitive.

Once you repeat yourself, create templates and run it like a low quality factory of copycat material, you get your accounts suspended. It's not a big problem if you run only one templated account, but if you scale the same style across 100s of videos, you get banned for spam, bad practices etc.

You don't go to AI asking it to create prompts to create music. It doesn't work like that. You need real creativity powerhouse to have unique styles and make good content. People doing prompt engineering get paid a ton of money right now. I suppose it'll drop in the future, but it's still engineering.

I am saying it's all automated now AI detects the stuff even though it's good that's how it really is and it's not easy to get your account back so it's not a business model that can be long term

 

[RiskyStuff]

I am saying it's all automated now AI detects the stuff even though it's good that's how it really is and it's not easy to get your account back so it's not a business model that can be long term

This isn't business model. This is traffic source. That's all it is.

People say YouTube has no competition. It's true when you think of long form videos.

However, shorts and everything else is available on other platforms.

If you create something only because it works on YouTube long form, it's your choice. That is bad design.

I can do it but only for the first $100k and then use the $100k to do something else, more scalable.

 

[TheVigilante]

This isn't business model. This is traffic source. That's all it is.

People say YouTube has no competition. It's true when you think of long form videos.

However, shorts and everything else is available on other platforms.

If you create something only because it works on YouTube long form, it's your choice. That is bad design.

I can do it but only for the first $100k and then use the $100k to do something else, more scalable.

I mean to say some people only rely on YouTube faceless as there source of income thinking it will be long term business

 

[RiskyStuff]

I mean to say some people only rely on YouTube faceless as there source of income thinking it will be long term business

Long term no way, maximum few years.

 

[RiskyStuff]

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Better read policy before doing anything.

This confuses the f** out of people each time they update spam policy!

Most of the stuff you see today and is mass-produced, won't be there on their platform in 6 months.

Then there will be another update, people will get used to it, and another 6 months same mass extinction.

Don't believe you can do something like "mass production, 0 bans tools" that'll last forever. You'll need to update it every 3 months, each time having to update massive generation workflow. Maybe you can do it using agents fleet. No idea from me.

In 2026 and forward focus on value, happiness and love!

 

[shattered world]

I'd sell youtube to someone who knows what to do with it lol

Maybe take off or reduce all the shit ads on it at the same time.

 

[Bobbyb0i]

If it were me I thinks I would do something to reward genuine content more. Like non ai content gets benefits or a badge. Incentivize people to make things that aren’t ai slop.

 

[UnusualSubstance]

If it were me I thinks I would do something to reward genuine content more. Like non ai content gets benefits or a badge. Incentivize people to make things that aren’t ai slop.

Good idea.

How about if someone is doomscrolling and an AI short pops up it has a pop up box saying "This Short Is Made With AI

Continue?"

I mean sure they got the tiny label but it's obscure.

 

[Champagne]

Focus on quality, which is something AI is still lacking. People still look for genuine YouTube videos that are actually made by humans, and AI-generated content is still easily detectable to most viewers. In times like these, the best thing you can do is create authentic content using your own face and voice. I don't think people will ever want that to be completely replaced by AI.