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Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2025
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It's where all the good factual content has gone. Build series, disaster analysis etc is all on YouTube now.
If you have an account, they do a pretty good job of recommending good content based on what you've watched previously.
I dare say books still exist
Cool?
The time it takes to publish a book vs a YouTube video completely changes the kinds of things you'll be able to learn about. Books won't tell you about current events, discoveries or the latest technology news.
How many books have been published about how AI is affecting society? I'm assuming there's a few given it's been years already since ChatGPT 3.5 was released
Yeah, but YouTube isn't as credible. And if it was, I'd still rather read something than spend twice as long watching half the information. Tastes differ