> YouTube did not respond to the BBC's questions about whether users will be given a choice about AI tweaking their videos.

Says everything. Hey PM at YouTube: How about you think stuff through before even starting to waste time on stuff like this?

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npteljes 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

>How about you think stuff through before even starting to waste time on stuff like this?

What makes you think they don't think it through? This effect is an experiment that they are running. It seems to be useless, unwanted from our perspective, but what if they find that it increases engagement?

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machomaster 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> What makes you think they don't think it through?

Basing it on a lot of stupid decisions youtube has made over the years, the last being the horrendous autotranslation of titles/descriptions/audio that can't be turned off. Can only be explained by having morons making decisions, who can't imagine that anyone could speak more than one language.

	▲	npteljes 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think those were thought through, even maybe the specific concerns that your bring up - and then a conscious decision was made to not give a fuck about those concerns. I don't think it's stupidity, or shortsightedness, or ignorance, or anything like that. They just have different priorities. And they are not having enough negative feedback to reconsider these decisions.

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estimator7292 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Someone at google needs this promotion to feel like a real man

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cmrdporcupine 2 days ago | parent [-]

I think it's more the case that in today's Google, you need that promotion to stay employed.

	▲	uz3snolc3t6fnrq 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		seems to be the reason they go through UI changes every year or so. like agh, there goes my muscle memory again. at least ol' reliable hn is still the same good old plain renderable-by-anything-more-advanced-than-a-toaster html

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rschiavone 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They turned their brains off many years ago. Now it's all about AI, showing ads down our throats and keep children hooked to their iPads.

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Mountain_Skies 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

PM to everyone else: what are you going to do, publish on Odysee?

As long as YouTube continues to be the Jupiter sized gorilla in the room, they're not going to care very much about what the plebes think.

	▲	rurp 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'm starting to think monopolistic private companies aren't always benign actors.

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vaenaes 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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