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JI7

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29. We need to pass laws and regulations. If something is using AI there needs to be huge label pointing it out

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:58 PM

9 hrs ago

I also think this is a bipartisan issue.

The difficult part will be dealing with international accounts. But this is where we can try to get the tech companies themselves to do something by holding them accountable.

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Warning: Youtube is becoming a cesspool of fake channels. [View all] Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago OP

I noticed that too! SHITLOADS of AI slop and snake-oil sales adverts CousinIT 12 hrs ago #1

Yep saw it when looking for music IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #24

It long ago had lots of garbage EdmondDantes_ 12 hrs ago #2

AIs are only the most recent producers of slop. Intractable 12 hrs ago #11

Clear your viewing history and click "don't recommend channel" often. AStern 12 hrs ago #3

It was bad even before AI fujiyamasan 12 hrs ago #4

Some great stuff like Professor Heather Cox Richardson... Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #8

There are channels showing AI fakes of HCR out there Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #14

It's always best to go to the official channel for a major figure fujiyamasan 11 hrs ago #18

ProTip- Firefox with the (free) AdblockPlus extension will stop the Youtube ads immediately. Snarkoleptic 12 hrs ago #9

Valuable advice Alice Kramden 9 hrs ago #27

It's much worse now Renew Deal 11 hrs ago #16

Good to know fujiyamasan 11 hrs ago #20

I don't do youtube except Faux pas 12 hrs ago #5

No kidding. It's a mess. Raven123 12 hrs ago #6

Know the signs! mr715 12 hrs ago #7

I just bookmarked your post. FarPoint 9 hrs ago #25

I appreciate you! mr715 9 hrs ago #28

Becoming? n/t flvegan 12 hrs ago #10

The various platforms I regularly visit are newly loaded with fake AI and clickbait; PufPuf23 11 hrs ago #12

It is indeed but, Disaffected 11 hrs ago #13

It's mostly AI now tbh, and, it's only going to get worse. Oneironaut 11 hrs ago #15

I'm noticing a lot of ads talking about glucose meters with pictures of oxygen meters mahina 11 hrs ago #17

Not a great place for browsing...stick with channels you know and enjoy...take all recommendations with a grain of salt. pecosbob 11 hrs ago #19

Treat the recommendation garbage the same way you treat spam calls and emails. Initech 10 hrs ago #21

I have seen this on the rise for say past 4 months now... FarPoint 10 hrs ago #22

I have been reporting as many as I can, especially if I know for sure they are deep fakes Bev54 9 hrs ago #23

We need to find a way to pressure YouTube to at least disallow unlabeled AI ... William Seger 9 hrs ago #26

We need to pass laws and regulations. If something is using AI there needs to be huge label pointing it out JI7 9 hrs ago #29

Got tired of the commercials The Bopper 9 hrs ago #30

AI slop and brainrot content now make up 1 in 2 YouTube Shorts recommendations LudwigPastorius 8 hrs ago #31