top | item 45835226 (no title) symfoniq | 3 months ago Agreed. I’m increasingly using the presence of AI slop as a primary signal about whether to avoid a company and its products. discuss order hn newest SideburnsOfDoom|3 months 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... Applejinx|3 months 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 :)
SideburnsOfDoom|3 months 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...
Applejinx|3 months 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 :)
SideburnsOfDoom|3 months ago
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/youtu...
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-dismisses-cre...
Applejinx|3 months ago