When I search YouTube for videos related to my topic of research that I would consider pretty obscure, 95% of the videos are completely AI-generated, with ChatGPT scripts, AI-generated thumbnails, etc. It makes it really difficult to find video sources, so I have mostly given up on finding good information of YouTube nowadays.

For more general topics (smartphone reviews, food, fashion, and other topics that have a wider audience) the abundance of AI-generated videos makes sense. Pumping out thousands of videos that thousands of people will watch and earn a lot of money. But the videos on more obscure topics rarely get many views and there doesn’t seem to be much of a reason for them to exist except to piss on people trying to find non-AI-generated sources.

For reference, I am looking for sources for a Physics research project on observed baryon asymmetry in the universe and the different proposed mechanisms to explain it, such as leptogenesis and ew baryogenesis. I am very surprised that topics like baryon asymmetry, CP violation, neutrinos, etc. are filled with AI slop to such an extent. It’s kind of insane. Who’s doing this, how are they doing this, and why???

    • Lumidaub@feddit.org
      121·
      15 hours ago

      The people making loads of AI slop videos. Or what are you asking? I don’t have any names.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        15 hours ago

        Yeah, I’m just curious who you suppose the people in question might be. Just a random distribution, or could there be some type of pattern there?

        • Lumidaub@feddit.org
          31·
          15 hours ago

          Wait. Did you interpret “they” as “((((they))))” or something? ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

          • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
            11·
            15 hours ago

            Haha, it felt a bit shades of ((((they)))), yes. Anyway, I was just curious if you had any particular group in mind.

            It’s not a significant question, so no worries!

            • Lumidaub@feddit.org
              21·
              14 hours ago

              Good lord, I was wrecking my brain about what you were even saying, hah. I know nothing about the makers of AI slop videos other than that they fucking annoy me but anyone suggesting that they’re somehow all members of any one specific group of people can fuck right off.

              • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
                11·
                13 hours ago

                Easy, now. I do think that chatter in this thread has produced some good candidate groups, however.