Ask HN: How do you avoid AI slop on YouTube?

5•npteljes•6mo ago

These days I don't find it hard to run into AI generated videos on YouTube. I really mind this because I'm trying to find real information on topics - or at least someone who claims to be any kind of authority on a subject. But what I often run into is pure AI hallucination.

One such example is fake mental health videos. An instance:

"7 Dangerous Places Carl Jung Says You Must Avoid to Stay Mentally Strong" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUdOVB-DQw

188k views, name recognition for credibility, but if you search for "7 Dangerous Places Carl Jung" on the Internet, Carl Jung didn't seem to have point out 7 of such places actually. But on YouTube, there at least 9 very similarly titled and thumbnailed video, from different channels, and different 7 of such places actually too!

So... how do you react to this phenomenon? Are you impacted by it? Might be that you haven't noticed it, or didn't seek out content that I have seen faked, like indigenous stories, space videos, psychology topics?

Comments

minimaxir•6mo ago

Curate your feed.

viraptor•6mo ago

Downvote what you clicked on accidentally. Otherwise... maybe just don't click on things that are obvious buzzfeed style bait? I mean, "N dangerous X" is such a common listicle spam that unless you know the author beforehand, why would you check it out? It's most likely going to be bad quality, AI or not.

mmmlinux•6mo ago

you can also go in to your history and delete things which seems to help accidental watches.

shahbaby•6mo ago

If I see AI slop, I block the channel

gneuron•6mo ago

Subscribe to channels you trust, go to subscriptions tab first and foremost

throwaway843•6mo ago

Just don't watch YouTube.

Everything became junk when primed for 10-12, or 26-30 minutes - a race to the bottom. AI's a further nail into what YT was.

marconey•6mo ago

The best change I made on YouTube was to turn ‘Watch History’ and ‘Search History’ off

With no history the algorithm can’t populate the Home tab or the Shorts tab and they are blank

I just rely on the Subscriptions tab and searching

colesantiago•6mo ago

Don't watch youtube?

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