If we take them at their word then it's just an extension of technology to optimize video... and it's called AI because buzzwords and hence controversy.

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QuantumNomad_ 3 days ago | parent [-]

> it's just an extension of technology to optimize video... and it's called AI because buzzwords and hence controversy.

The controversy is that YouTube is making strange changes to the videos of users, that make the videos look fake.

YouTube creators put hours upon hours on writing, shooting and editing their videos. And those that do it full time often depend on YouTube and their audience for income.

If YouTube messes up the videos of creators and makes the videos look like they are fake, of course the creators are gonna be upset!

	▲	cma 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It might be for making them compress better and be more likely to not buffer when you swipe up/preload more, like Tiktok serving them unencrypted to be more likely to be in a local cache for the ISP.