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69. YouTube is rapidly becoming full of AI slop like this.

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:16 PM

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More than 20% of YouTube's feed is now "AI slop," report finds

Not only are more than half the articles on the web created by AI, but over 21% of YouTube videos being show to new users is "AI Slop." That's according to a new report, which also found that the US is in third place when it comes to consumption of these low-quality generated videos.

Video editing firm Kapwing highlights AI slop's definition as careless, low-quality content generated by computer applications and used to farm views and subscriptions or sway political opinion.

But for all the pushback against AI slop and brainrot – low-quality, trivial online content -- their proliferation on YouTube is hard to avoid.

To get an idea of how much of YouTube consists of AI-generated videos, Kapwing simulated the experience of an untainted YouTube Shorts algorithm by establishing a new YouTube account. It then noted the occurrence of AI slop among the first 500 videos in the feed. In total, 104 (21%) of the first 500 videos were AI-generated, while 165 (33%) were classed as brainrot.

https://www.techspot.com/news/110735-over-21-youtube-now-ai-slop-report.html

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Psychology of People Who Grew Up in the 1960s [View all] OAITW r.2.0 17 hrs ago OP

Interesting take FHRRK 16 hrs ago #1

Never wanted to stay home from school sick. multigraincracker 15 hrs ago #16

This is AI slop from a channel posting videos on different subjects every couple of days, with highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #36

How to vilify a generation with a broad brush... NotHardly 14 hrs ago #43

It's almost like the well of resilience we need is in our 1960s generation bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #2

What stands out to me PoindexterOglethorpe 16 hrs ago #3

We were free range kids... ananda 16 hrs ago #5

Yep. Just be home by dinner. Martin Eden 16 hrs ago #7

my HS School years, we'd get 20 or so social misfits to play baseball. A lot of LL kids that never made it to JV OAITW r.2.0 15 hrs ago #28

I remember that. And I got to be 11 or 12 years old in the boys told me I couldn't play anymore because I was a girl. Walleye 4 hrs ago #55

Me as well, I played from early morning until it was too dark to see. CanonRay 4 hrs ago #62

They're AI graphics. No Black people, either. Imagine, no Black people in a video ostensibly about the 60s. AI slop. WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #9

So the message lacks legitimacy? OAITW r.2.0 15 hrs ago #15

This video describes fairly universal themes through a lens that makes "60s kids" feel unique -- which is catnip for just WhiskeyGrinder 15 hrs ago #21

You are 16 dimensions above me in your moral perspective. OAITW r.2.0 15 hrs ago #31

To put it simply: "Every generation after mine is terrible" Orrex 4 hrs ago #57

I started feeling like something was wrong extremely on, and I admit I quit half way to the end. 1WorldHope 15 hrs ago #32

The narrator is speaking with a British accent, I'm pretty sure this is mostly about the UK FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #42

You are right about no black people, but of course there would PoindexterOglethorpe 14 hrs ago #44

Whaaat? There are plenty of films and photos of Black people from the 1960s. But this video was made in 2025 with 2025 WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #50

I graduated in 1967 and I remember quite clearly when our schools desegregated. Walleye 4 hrs ago #56

I graduated also from h.s. in 1967! I may have seen, probably did see, Blacks..... ColoringFool 2 hrs ago #65

We always had a good percentage of Black people living in Delaware. And I live right next-door to a stone cold racist Walleye 2 hrs ago #68

I have always said the downfall and the weight issues with this Country started with the remote control for tv. a kennedy 16 hrs ago #10

Right. Because you get so much exercise walking PoindexterOglethorpe 16 hrs ago #12

Yah, those how ever many steps they take from right after super to bed time, what 4 hours??? a kennedy 16 hrs ago #13

I had lots of PE in my school. Formal and informal. OAITW r.2.0 15 hrs ago #17

California required 1 hour of PE daily mainer 15 hrs ago #18

I hated it because I have thick hair and Tree Lady 15 hrs ago #20

No PE in school Diamond_Dog 4 hrs ago #54

It wasn't changing the channel where moonscape 15 hrs ago #14

Well, that is part of it. OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #53

There were plenty of so-called "overweight" kids then. Don't kid yourself. valleyrogue 2 hrs ago #63

We didn't eat out, or fast food mtngirl47 14 hrs ago #40

People took diet pills, especially women. Girls were fat shamed to high heaven, often by their mothers. valleyrogue 13 hrs ago #47

This is my life MoonlightHillFarm 16 hrs ago #4

Who is When Jekyll Meets Hyde? What research goes into these assertions? What are these AI-voiced claims based on? WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #6

I watched, I related. You didn't? OAITW r.2.0 15 hrs ago #19

You related to it because you were primed to and it's designed to be relatable. WhiskeyGrinder 15 hrs ago #22

It's fundamentally wrong because it's made with unethical tools trained on stolen intellectual highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #25

I get what you are sayings....and yes, maybe a warning should warn the consumer that AI content is involved. OAITW r.2.0 14 hrs ago #37

Yeah, I watched a little of their, 'Psychology of People Who Grew Up in the 1980s" video. progressoid 15 hrs ago #27

I was curious myself.... IcyPeas 14 hrs ago #39

Some are copycats. Some apparently operate multiple channels. Some are likely from content farms highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #46

Ok Boomers.... multigraincracker 16 hrs ago #8

I kept my 50 cents a week allowance in a metal Bandaid can... 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #11

This is AI slop, from a channel set up a couple of months ago that already has 26 videos. This sort highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #23

Thank you canetoad 15 hrs ago #33

More than 20% of the videos that YouTube's algorithm shows to new users are "AI slop" chia 4 hrs ago #60

Those who didn't live through it and try to defend 3825-87867 15 hrs ago #24

Not everyone's Keepthesoulalive 15 hrs ago #26

As a witness of the actual 60's (and the bullshit this video is trying to turn into "Happy Days"), Conjuay 15 hrs ago #29

You are absolutely right. my mom's 1st cousin never really returned from WW2 and OAITW r.2.0 14 hrs ago #41

Also a reality back then: thucythucy 4 hrs ago #59

I'm not sure canetoad 15 hrs ago #30

Every generation has its challenges. BarbD 15 hrs ago #34

De rec. AI slop. Shallow, sweeping, pop psychology generalisations. It's self-congratulatory fortune cookie-style cringe Celerity 14 hrs ago #35

YouTube is rapidly becoming full of AI slop like this. tinrobot 2 hrs ago #69

Interesting. H2O Man 14 hrs ago #38

I kind of relate Historic NY 14 hrs ago #45

Pre and post The Wizard 7 hrs ago #48

My youth was spent... BH liberal 6 hrs ago #49

I am curious, will we just assume AI is slop, or will cachukis 5 hrs ago #51

I remember all the things in that video but I question the conclusions it draws. Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #52

49'er Here. We Have Been Labeled, Vilified, Praised, Envied, Etc. Boomers are NOT.... ColoringFool 2 hrs ago #67

We are so unprepared for people using AI to manipulate us ThreeNoSeep 4 hrs ago #58

And after all that, Turbineguy 4 hrs ago #61

EVERYONE should see reply 39 from IcyPeas. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #64

Not quite. I grew up a poor Southern California urban kid in the 1960's. haele 2 hrs ago #66

I hated "Leave it to Beaver" Wifes husband 1 hr ago #70