Yep. I stopped watching at 1:01. AI, no man. It’s like processed food. It’s not good for anyone. I plan on stamping my content as organic in the digital sense. I’m a film photographer. I can literally do my work without electricity let alone a screen.
@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027 I like using AI as a tool; basically an advanced search engine. That's it. I can't let it do any creative processes, that's taking away my own critical thinking skills.
Well, most people are NPCs who hate on progress for no reason. That's why your great great great grandparents most likely used to burn witches in the 1500s, or they were the ones mocking the Wright brothers when they first built a plane.
It's terrifying. If this is the future, I would not be a consumer of UA-cam anymore (nor a creator). Creation has value because its made by a human, it has heart and flaws. There is meaning. When AI makes it, there is no intention, it's depleted of humanity. It's profit for profit between machines. Let's be human.
AI generated content is sad and wrong . HOWEVER using AI to dub your video and maybe edit your mouth movements so the sound and lips sync its cool and wouldnt take away from human creativity while making the content more accessible.
So it’s ok for AI to replace an accountant or a maid, but not when it affects your work? (Btw, just get a dishwasher, it’s not like AI will be any good for that)
@@agme8045 you're not seeing the point. AI is supposed to do the jobs either too dangerous for humans or too menial. The physical and mental dangers of being a logger are there but that doesn't mean we can't invest in training loggers for other professions. The mental danger of service workers, say fast food workers (as a fast food worker, let me tell you. The asshole who claimed 'the customer is always right' clearly has never worked with actual customers) are there. So we must invest in better alternatives for work experience in industry newbloods. The fact that its the norm for an ENTRY LEVEL JOB to demand years of experience is insulting.
@@agme8045 And besides. There will always be people who would choose a human to do accountant or maid work rather than robots because there are people who want to employ humans. But I don't want the first jobs that AI replaces to be the ones humans are built with: creativity. Music, art, poetry, animation, writing, these are things only humans can and should be creating. Not AI.
@@Naham00 I'm a traditional and digital artist and I wholeheartedly agree with you, also to add to your list. Traditional artist criticized digital artist when the computer was invented, they called them lazy and all sort. Tbh it's a never ending cycle on repeat and one thing we humans fail to do the most is learn from history. Change and evolution is inevitable, it's either you adapt or you're left behind which is why I feel bad for a lot of folks whining about A.i. In general. I'm not supporting our defending this souless tech, I myself do not like (this) A.I future and trajectory we're heading but that doesn't mean I cannot use it to my advantage.
Seriously. They are so nonchalant about the idea of someone **having a conversation with an AI version of you!!!!** This is so weird and inhumane and dystopian and they’re barely batting eye at the lack of the humanity behind it all. Losing respect for these guys based on their perspectives on this…
I find pretty exciting the translation part. If I make videos or songs, people from India or Japan will be able to understand it (I speak spanish btw, not english)
Early adopter of AI here. I don't like how AI is going. I used to use it as a tool, heck, I still occasionally do. But it is NOT a creator. Don't use it for brainstorming. Don't use it for content creation as a whole. Use it for tips. Use it for access to info easily. A search engine, basically. Don't AI generate content. It's disingenuous and the exact opposite of creative.
I've been saying UA-cam should publicly show Monthly Returning Viewers for a while now. I feel like adding this metric to our channel pages would help "fix" the inflated sub count problem and give viewers a more accurate reading on a creator's current influence.
The inflated amount of accounts that blew up off of shorts that also make long format that gets 1% or less views is disturbing. Almost arguably FAKE subs knowing how many short view farms exist out there especially that blew up off other platforms pre YT shorts. They need to fix that issue along with adding the returning monthly viewer’s statistic.
I mean you can already tell the health of a channel by subs to views ,it doesn't take a genius to see for example a 5 mill sub account getting under 10k views per video is either botted or fell off(most likely was involved in a scandal)
AI generated content is sad and wrong . HOWEVER using AI to dub your video and maybe edit your mouth movements so the sound and lips sync its cool and wouldnt take away from human creativity while making the content more accessible.
It already does. It meant that for quite a few years. Haven't you seen top creators like Mr. Beast? There's nothing personal in there. They may as well be AI generated, it won't change a thing. Just generation of the most impactful series of images and sounds, often targeting people with the most undeveloped inhibition capabilities - kids, teens, neurodivergent people.
The only AI tool i’d ever consider using for my channel would be auto voice over dubbing for different languages, that feature would instantly expand the number of people youtube could serve every video to
man think about it. A language is not just about the words and what they mean. It represents the culture of the place it is being spoken. I get your idea but to implement these we still should go the harder way by translating using actual people dubbing if you really want to. AI just creates a soul less bridge to everything but in the human essence the things won't come how they should.
Maybe after the auto captions get more accurate. Because sometimes it's a bit off, and then translating that will make some videos incomprehensible in some languages, probably.
it's inevitable bro either content creators decide to do it themselves or fully AI channels will quickly catch up to their quality at a much larger scale. It's impossible to go back
Yeah, i also wouldn't want to watch an AI generated version of even my favorite UA-camrs, let alone Johnny Harris. The fact they'd say they don't care that a Johnny Harris video is AI is kinda pathetic.
@@KABOBkabob even if people don't like it it will happen the only semi-genuine broadcasting ways are short form or live streaming UA-cam is business only
These kind of conversations are so interesting because the original low barrier to entry was because people were just doing this to goof off and have fun, channels are now engineered in advance with a path to monetization and making it a business. It's intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation, there are still plenty of amazing UA-camrs that are making videos they want when they want that aren't beholden to some sort of audience of business plan and they are arguably some of the best content creators out there because the passion and love hasn't been washed out by algorithms, AI, three editors, and A/B testing thumbnails all day.
yeah, I think that (and hope) that the flood of incoming automatically produced "content" won't drown out passionate or fun videos people make without the sole aim to monetize
This is exactly what I am talking about. I'm glad tommyinnit is also becoming a part of this group who don't wanna be just a content machine but an actual human being that just wanna represent his thoughts and interests to people alike.
UA-cam used to be UA-cam because the youtubers were just normal people doing normal things just like us. Now every channel is coming out just as a business module.
Nobody will watch a video if they know that it is a.i. The general consumer is already so fed up with how much ai is being thrown into our face, that they will just stop watching content. I really don't want to talk to an A.I version of Samir.
talking to that would be like talking to a character in a video game. hanging out with a GTA V npc. insane levels of delusion at the dev and marketing stages rn
@@naveenmehta6474 like singing. Ai singing will take a really really long time for it to sound believable. Also creating an original piece of content which isnt based on something which is already available on the internet. No matter how big ai becomes it wont be ever able to create original piece of content because ai will always look for the information which is already available on the internet. It will def be a big part of the future for youtube but it wont ever take the original connect from what people have with each other. For Ai to become believable and undectable will take alteast 3-4 decades
AI has quickly turned me from an optimist regarding technology to a disgusted doomer. All of this soulless late stage capitalism terrifies me and makes me nothing but disappointed for the future.
9:10 So as long as there's somebody to buy it, you'll sell it? Answer the question as a creator. Would you want AI acting as if it were you, even without your guidance? Would you want people to believe or be confused that it was you? Is this even you in this video now? I would care a great deal from both sides. Authenticity matters.
18:07 this is exactly why i hate the idea of AI avatars as a creator. So you ask MKBHD for phone recommendations, he offers a crap option that doesn’t adjust at all to you needs and now what? or an outdated phone because in 2019 he said he loved it and the dataset isn’t trained properly…? what do we want that for? how do you even keep that dataset updated? the person who trusts you ends ups buying something that isn’t what they actually need. Tragic. Or do we not care because they used our affiliate link?
Most people watch UA-cam because it is the anti status-quo to streaming sites. It’s where people create content with a human touch. UA-cam on TV is a completely different environment because of how hard it is to flick through content.
So much agree with this. UA-cam is by far my favourite due to the broad church of content and niche. Never will be interested in leaderboards. Goodness, just give me better subscription control like collections. Give me better personal tuning of recommendations or even recommendation streams. Also, give me a decent UA-cam app on my Quest and even just an app with download on my Vision Pro. I shouldn’t have to rip UA-cam content and Airdrop it to my Vision Pro for offline viewing. Just support me better as a UA-cam premium user.
My favorite thing about UA-cam is its un-serialized nature. A creator makes a 2 hour vid on a video game I have not cared for then next few vids makes breakdown on creative credit and plagiarism. sometimes 1, 8 hour video is better paced than a 4 part series as not everything needs to be a series.I am not saying I dont like them, but thats what I got to Netflix,Disney+ etc for,I come here for armature deep dive documentaries, hobby commentary and regular people sharing their passions, and videos tutorials that solve that one obscure niche problem uploaded by someone 12 years ago on the worst camera possible.
AI Brainstorming?! I'm sorry, what?! UA-cam should be about genuine creation. That stupid tool is taking away the genuineness of creation, and I'm disappointed in the use of AI thumbnails.
I know people always start scared of new technology, but let's be for real here this is not the same thing as normal fear of somthing new, we would be ripping out the value and authentic connection that makes people (and only people) unique and the magic of sharing online would be gone, the fear is of a loss of connection even further than what we have already experienced...
UA-cam is just another marketing channel for large companies; will always look back on 2007-2015 or so when content was posted for the sake of sharing content opposed to growing a business
I know I hate how everyone is so focused on making the most amount of money possible and getting the most amount of views because that will never be great content. The mrbeasts of the world just create garbage content to serve the algorithm not the people.
The "netflixification" of the TV home page is a scourge too. The whole thing about UA-cam is being able to browse around and find what you want, and the discovery of a new creator you've never seen is one of the best parts. Filling the entire screen with whoever's lucky enough will completely remove the discovery factor and seriously hurt creators growth. New CEO seems to have already lost his marbles. I thought it was really cool that they started emphasizing brand new channels - I regularly get videos with 100 or less views in my home feed - but this feels like such a colossal backstep from that. UA-cam makes more money by platforming more people so they can get ad revenue too, not by force feeding you something they deem popular and worthy.
I feel like in regards to the AI stuff, people are gas lighting themselves into being excited about it. Realistically, I don't believe that anyone would willingly want any of that to happen, outside of corporations looking to increase their profit margins.
AI will never replace art, but I do see another "music industry" forming where creators (musicians) get shuffled into production companies (record companies) and eventually 99% of artists melt away into obscurity with no chance of success or livelihood without the backing of big business. Looking back, it seems to be in our nature as creators and artists to want attention and success so bad that we allow for the formation of these kinds of gate keepers (businesses) with executives and bottom lines. If Netflixed, the barrier of entry will cost too much. After all, this is a "vanity industry" (Scott Galloway)
How do you know know AI will never replace art...it will be superior to us. We can't comprehend how advanced it will be your talking about now. The future is bleak.
@@LeahandBlair I think there is a part of every person deep down that needs an authentic representation of our reality to be able to relate. Extraordinary art made by 1’s and 0’s will always resonate on some level as novel. 1’s and 0’s will never feel pain or love and without this ability, we’ll never be fully convinced by anything AI makes. It may sound like Janis Joplin, but you’ll always know that it never had a broken heart.
I 100% would stop a video if it was an AI version of one of my favorite creators. I’m here to watch real life people like me living their real lives. I really don’t understand this obsession with AI taking over, it’s honestly weird.
It would entice me 🤷♀Any creators using AI to their benefit going forward I will click on even more. These are magic tools in our hands, you cannot ignore the future.
I truly hope that no creator leans too far into the AI world, because it's a dangerous slippery slope that can end with every bit of a video being created by AI. And the moment we rip away the humanity behind creating content, that's the moment we're no longer creators... We'll become solely products to be distributed...
Dude. Couldn't have said it better myself. Imho, the start of that slope is the sponsor of this video. Sure, it can save time. But AI brainstorming will lead to less and less thought being put into the video, will it not? This needs to be limited. It's a steep slope, and we're about to stumble down it.
Horrified and deeply disappointed to see all the AI talk (and to see Colin and Samir use it). AI has unprecedented environmental consequences, and it is so dehumanizing.
I love the creative aspect of AI. My concern is scammers and identity theft, which is happening already with scammy ads with famous people on youtube selling things they never authorized.
7:07 I really think auto-dubbing could be the biggest innovation, bringing up long-form creators that we wouldn't watch otherwise. It's passable now, when Luisito did his own earlier this year, but his had gaps, where lips moved and audio ended. I wonder if auto-dubbing will keep the tight audio editing that current creators tend to do.
we have always valued authenticity. i don't see a world of us listening to fake avatars. but i can see that we will be increasingly challenged to discern between what is real and what is fake.
Can't wait for AI-generated videos to be summarized by AI, so we can get a one-liner summary of a video that no one actually watches. Tremendous! P.S. This will save so much time to use even more AI!
Im affraid that money will again previal and it will be a question of how many hype points can you afford to be higher. Hopefully UA-cam will think about this edgecase.
I don't watch UA-cam as a Netflix alternative. I watch it because I want to see what individuals or groups create, and often what their thoughts are on things. If everyone is going to rush to make their Netflix style documentaries, theres gonna be a lotta bloated and bad content made
Having an Avatar instead of a creator could mean the trust might get removed. Having MKBHD recommend me a phone in a personal conversation through Ai would make me think, where is the Ai getting its information from to tell me this? The trust is with the Creator not an outsourced program that could be vulnerable to outsider influence.
I remember making short vlogs theorizing about this stuff with AI avatars back in 2019 and guessing it would be in like 15-20 years. Never would have e guessed 5 years.
My advice for everyone trying to get in the youtube space, is to be as human as possible. In the near future people will be tired of AI and will go back to real people doing real things. 2 skills you should be working on, is Storytelling and editing.
Can you imagine the level of irony here, like UA-cam started on the promise to give one to one connection with the creator and watch raw moments, that's what differentiated it from other big platforms and big budget movies. And now YT is trying to wipe that out and become a platform where only hight quality content like movies will work. If that happens then YT is erasing it's base motive. Like if you have to watch high quality cinema like content then there are platforms for that too(Disney, Netflix). I don't understand why YT is trying to be like Netflix.
Because they make money? lol do you think anyone in google cares about your feelings? They will do whatever earns them the most money, it’s as simple as that
I'm impressed your channel and format has survived and grown for this long. There used to be all sorts of channels like these in the past, they failed. I'm actually really impressed with the content you produce and find it very informative.
That's quite literally putting words in my mouth. Nope. As the image being presented, people will hold me responsible for words that I did not say. That is wrong. I am accountable for my words and actions, not some artificially generated version of it. For others, in the "chatbot" example of it, people can find ways to manipulate my image to say things I did not and probably will not say. That is also only only wrong, but also super creepy. And going back, even if the creator consents to using and generating the AI to make content using his image and words, if they choose to retract anything, where does the line of responsibility lie? As much as the creator say it's not them, the impression sticks. The damage is done.
Low Level sent me here, the AI stuff is incredibly disturbing and I will never consume that content and would eliminate my youtube consumption completely if this happens.
This was a great episode! Not too long (or short), introduced me to more concepts + touched on new ones, had some funny moments and pacing was great! I throughly enjoyed that this video made me feel as if I was an insider and loved seeing the press publish on Samir laptop.
I was wondering if the grammatical error was intentional for ppl like me who feel the powerful impulse to correct them 😂😂 glad I’m not alone in this 👋😂
5:26 Saying Hype function is a good thing, and everyone wants it is just bull since money is involved. It's a predatory tactic to milk smaller creators who like to blame the algorithm instead of focusing on improving their content. Think about it - as a small creator, you work on a video, it does poorly, and then there's this feature where you can pay $5 to boost its exposure. It's not about lifting up good content. It's about lifting content that has the most money behind it. This is just an "advertise" function renamed to the "hype" function. My subjective opinion as a viewer - disappointed that you haven't spent the time looking at pros and cons.
I appreciate that you guys are questioning this direction and sharing the plans. May we all remember our humanity and value it. What do we give away our likeness? our voice? our image ... What is the exchange. "verifiably human" what a world when those words need to exist. has anyone seen wall-e? What does this do to our ability to be present in our verifiable reality. Have you noticed how cross eyed you are in the video and how you don't see outside of it?
Insane to show the most dystopian tech and acknowledge how "eerie" it feels but at the same time laugh it off and embrace the concept as a whole. Would I care if anytime I saw "uses AI" i had to wonder if the whole ass person I was watching was an AI trained to look and sound like him? Yes obviously?
Nearly 3 hours the video has been up and a blatant massive typo in the thumbnail still has not been corrected. Sometimes it's the little things that make you unsubscribe.
Seriously, this was disappointing. I clicked on this because I was like "Uh, surely these guys are smarter than to make such an obvious typo" and then they said it was made with AI and I was like... okay. I don't need to watch this channel anymore.
Super fascinating discussion! It definitely scares me a bit to think about the future of all of this, but there are a lot of really valuable insights and things to prepare for in here.
If I notice AI generated content, be it voice, script or visuals, I immediately block the channel and look for something else. If you want to watch something that is generated on the spot just for you, instead of using a computer you might as well just close your eyes and use your imagination to come up with whatever you want.
AI is literally materializing your imagination almost instantly. AI sucks as of now, it’s to be expected that most of us don’t like watching content that heavily relies on it. But it will get better, much better, and you won’t be able to notice its AI as easily, and at that point you won’t probably care about it because it will be good enough to entertain you. If I told you that this very video was completely made with an AI, from the script to the audio and the super realistic animations and renders, would you really care about it? Putting your morals or personal beliefs aside I mean, would this video be any less entertaining or compelling to you? I doubt it, and I doubt the vast majority of people will give 2 fvcks
12:46 No thanks AI. Outside of content creation think of how this will amplify catfishing, scams, etc. Plus, it messes with the connection part of your brain. AI generated humans (even similar replicas) feel soulless and our brains know that deep down. Hack: Zoom can change the background, so if you're in Hawaii and want your studio's background, use something like zoom hahaha jk
great episode guys. crazy future stuff to think about it. i definitely think humans yearn to connect with humans. i think trust and real-human connectivity will be even more important. ai art/content looks and feels "cheap" and "easy" which i personally stray away from.
Thank you guys for the feature! 🥹 The connected TV element is exciting but I agree with Colin, can be intimidating for newer creators. I was someone who did ONLY shorts for two years and if you told me even last year that I would spend 6 months on one project, I wouldn't believe you. All to say, UA-cam is in a cool spot where Shorts allowed me to create fast feedback loops to learn quickly... but also a place where I can showcase 20 - 30 min documentaries that are so fulfilling to make!! Keep at it my attractive lads.
5:16 - 5:35 "A mechanism to discover brand new creators". I think a simple solve would be to allow a search filter that let's you set a subscriber limit on what channels will appear in search. Search Results: Channels with
Personally i am rarely looking for small creators but there are times where I would like to, but on the opposite end I find that large creators have their videos pushed out beyond the videos scope sometimes, so i'd be happy to search >10M subs, then >1M, and so on to widen my search without having to keyword research the type of video I want to find
perfection only exists with imperfection. if ai starts dominating the art and stance of human interactions on the internet, it will destroy the intamacy and truth of being a person with a voice and idea.
But AI is also stealing from original art and creatives, they should show how they will protect creatives original work and be prepared to pay to use it!!!
I think it’s intriguing you guys think AI models of creators would be licensable or that UA-camrs would be interested in allowing it. Imagine UA-cam starts a generative feature as mentioned in the video. Some channels allow it, others don’t. I can’t imagine channels that allow it getting paid as much as something like Shorts. People use TikTok despite getting paid pennies compared to UA-cam. YT knows they can leverage that now. For the channels that don’t allow it, if it becomes desirable enough for the ordinary consumer, then who’s to say a third party couldn’t train their own model on a UA-camr’s content and distribute it themselves? How could a UA-camr stop any of this? Currently, when you use UA-cam, you maintain your intellectual property rights, but you give the platform the full ability to “prepare derivative works.” So there’s no need for them to ask for permission in the first place.
I don’t want to see a UA-camr talking about something just because I asked them to; I want them to talk about something because they really wanted to. If I come to UA-cam, is to discover things and listen to new ideas. I browse the UA-cam homepage in search of something I don't know or a different perspective on something I already know. If UA-cam really dropped a feature like this (10:34), I’d definitely be disappointed. I don't want this.
13:00 it is going to be a truly bleak future if everyone only gets content that AI believes is exactly what they want. As much as I hate sitting through a movie, show, or youtube video that I don't like the disliking of something develops your taste just as much if not more so as than something you like. It'll be weird to see how younger people grow up in a world tailored to their WANTS, but never gives them what they NEED.
I’m a relatively new creator and started my channel around this time last year. I’m curious to hear a seasoned creator’s perspective on the idea of creating separate channels with the same content, but dubbed into different languages. Do you think this approach could improve visibility and growth within those language-specific algorithms?
I am glad to be part of a generation that can remember creating with our magic markers and writing skits in EraserMate instead of relying on electronics, appreciating long conversations with peers that built interpersonal relationships, and not needing to analyze and verify what "feels" like a human experience. The future seems quite Orwellian, void of spontaneity, inhumane, and boring. Life is short. Some of this AI advancement seems to be leading up to creating a big existential crisis for a lot of folks in the future.
i hate it. im a creator, AI user, tech early adopter, but I hate the AI avatar speaking for myself. thats where the art dies.
Agreed
We are redundant, we all just want to make a quick buck.. we don't "care" anymore.
Gotta imagine this was said by painters went he camera happened
It's already dead
Yep. I stopped watching at 1:01. AI, no man. It’s like processed food. It’s not good for anyone. I plan on stamping my content as organic in the digital sense. I’m a film photographer. I can literally do my work without electricity let alone a screen.
I'm really proud of this comment section for being so against AI.
we need 2 types of AI:
1. answers simple trivia queries
2. self learns and then teaches humans
the 2nd is much more important
@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027 I like using AI as a tool; basically an advanced search engine. That's it. I can't let it do any creative processes, that's taking away my own critical thinking skills.
Well, most people are NPCs who hate on progress for no reason. That's why your great great great grandparents most likely used to burn witches in the 1500s, or they were the ones mocking the Wright brothers when they first built a plane.
Yeah I’m sick of the endless AI garbage shoved down our throats
Some are useful, but they’re not even AI, just advanced software
@suchislife801 yeah I'm very disappointed in Colin & Samir. I've unsubbed.
I don’t want to believe that people will watch ai generated UA-cam videos, that’s kinda sad. I think the human connection is why people like creators
Me also!
People are already watching it though. Especially the youngest generation that doesn't know any different.
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I agree that people enjoy connection, but that connection doesn't have to be human.
Kwebbelkop has tried this and failed
It's terrifying. If this is the future, I would not be a consumer of UA-cam anymore (nor a creator).
Creation has value because its made by a human, it has heart and flaws. There is meaning.
When AI makes it, there is no intention, it's depleted of humanity. It's profit for profit between machines.
Let's be human.
AI generated content is sad and wrong .
HOWEVER using AI to dub your video and maybe edit your mouth movements so the sound and lips sync its cool and wouldnt take away from human creativity while making the content more accessible.
we need 2 types of AI:
1. answers simple trivia queries
2. self learns and then teaches humans
Let's see if you care about meaning when you need food on the table 😂
100% agree on that. It's not supposed to be creating anything, just helping with reaching the right audience and getting better metrics.
Taking the You out of UA-cam
This is absolutely insane. AI is supposed to be doing my dishes and taxes while I write and animate. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!
THIS!
So it’s ok for AI to replace an accountant or a maid, but not when it affects your work? (Btw, just get a dishwasher, it’s not like AI will be any good for that)
@@agme8045 you're not seeing the point. AI is supposed to do the jobs either too dangerous for humans or too menial. The physical and mental dangers of being a logger are there but that doesn't mean we can't invest in training loggers for other professions. The mental danger of service workers, say fast food workers (as a fast food worker, let me tell you. The asshole who claimed 'the customer is always right' clearly has never worked with actual customers) are there. So we must invest in better alternatives for work experience in industry newbloods. The fact that its the norm for an ENTRY LEVEL JOB to demand years of experience is insulting.
@@agme8045 And besides. There will always be people who would choose a human to do accountant or maid work rather than robots because there are people who want to employ humans. But I don't want the first jobs that AI replaces to be the ones humans are built with: creativity. Music, art, poetry, animation, writing, these are things only humans can and should be creating. Not AI.
Thanks, I hate it.
!!!!!!!!! All this sounded so dystopian and FUCKED UP
@null did you buy your channel?
Ok whatever, Nobody cares about your opinion anyway.
“Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should.”
The future is not inevitable. It is not dictated by billionaires. It is created by all of us.
Yup we have a duty to stand against this
You vill own nossing, you vill eat zee bugs, you vill be entertained by zee AI and be happy...
THIS.
Them leave the current youtube too, it was also made by billionaires.
@@Naham00 I'm a traditional and digital artist and I wholeheartedly agree with you, also to add to your list. Traditional artist criticized digital artist when the computer was invented, they called them lazy and all sort. Tbh it's a never ending cycle on repeat and one thing we humans fail to do the most is learn from history.
Change and evolution is inevitable, it's either you adapt or you're left behind which is why I feel bad for a lot of folks whining about A.i. In general. I'm not supporting our defending this souless tech, I myself do not like (this) A.I future and trajectory we're heading but that doesn't mean I cannot use it to my advantage.
there’s literally nothing exciting about these news and you guys are presenting it like a miracle lol
Seriously. They are so nonchalant about the idea of someone **having a conversation with an AI version of you!!!!**
This is so weird and inhumane and dystopian and they’re barely batting eye at the lack of the humanity behind it all. Losing respect for these guys based on their perspectives on this…
I find pretty exciting the translation part. If I make videos or songs, people from India or Japan will be able to understand it (I speak spanish btw, not english)
@@taicunmusic that's where AI's reach should end
It's giving sponsored....
It's probably because they were paid to sound positive ish...
Early adopter of AI here. I don't like how AI is going. I used to use it as a tool, heck, I still occasionally do. But it is NOT a creator. Don't use it for brainstorming. Don't use it for content creation as a whole. Use it for tips. Use it for access to info easily. A search engine, basically. Don't AI generate content. It's disingenuous and the exact opposite of creative.
It's YOU-Tube, not AI-Tube. This is the beginning of the end.
Right!!
at that point it’s not even creators creating, it’s an algorithm replicating, sounds horrible.
I've been saying UA-cam should publicly show Monthly Returning Viewers for a while now. I feel like adding this metric to our channel pages would help "fix" the inflated sub count problem and give viewers a more accurate reading on a creator's current influence.
oh my god yeah you're so right they def should
The inflated amount of accounts that blew up off of shorts that also make long format that gets 1% or less views is disturbing. Almost arguably FAKE subs knowing how many short view farms exist out there especially that blew up off other platforms pre YT shorts. They need to fix that issue along with adding the returning monthly viewer’s statistic.
I mean you can already tell the health of a channel by subs to views ,it doesn't take a genius to see for example a 5 mill sub account getting under 10k views per video is either botted or fell off(most likely was involved in a scandal)
The ai stuff sounds pretty horrible so far. At what point does “creator” just mean “content generator”?
"Button pusher"
Yeah I don't like it. And I think the sponsor for this video threw me for a loop too.
AI generated content is sad and wrong .
HOWEVER using AI to dub your video and maybe edit your mouth movements so the sound and lips sync its cool and wouldnt take away from human creativity while making the content more accessible.
Yup
It already does. It meant that for quite a few years.
Haven't you seen top creators like Mr. Beast? There's nothing personal in there. They may as well be AI generated, it won't change a thing. Just generation of the most impactful series of images and sounds, often targeting people with the most undeveloped inhibition capabilities - kids, teens, neurodivergent people.
AI youtubers completely undercut the core appeal of UA-cam being authentic and less corporate
The AI takeover section feels straight out of Black Mirror
The only AI tool i’d ever consider using for my channel would be auto voice over dubbing for different languages, that feature would instantly expand the number of people youtube could serve every video to
man think about it. A language is not just about the words and what they mean. It represents the culture of the place it is being spoken. I get your idea but to implement these we still should go the harder way by translating using actual people dubbing if you really want to. AI just creates a soul less bridge to everything but in the human essence the things won't come how they should.
Maybe after the auto captions get more accurate. Because sometimes it's a bit off, and then translating that will make some videos incomprehensible in some languages, probably.
I don't want to watch an AI disguised as Johnny Harris. I want to watch Johnny Harris.
* I don’t watch to watch Johnny Harris.
it's inevitable bro
either content creators decide to do it themselves or fully AI channels will quickly catch up to their quality at a much larger scale. It's impossible to go back
Yeah, i also wouldn't want to watch an AI generated version of even my favorite UA-camrs, let alone Johnny Harris. The fact they'd say they don't care that a Johnny Harris video is AI is kinda pathetic.
@@khankrishna it's inevitable that people will try it. it is not inevitable that people will like it.
@@KABOBkabob even if people don't like it
it will happen
the only semi-genuine broadcasting ways are short form or live streaming
UA-cam is business only
These kind of conversations are so interesting because the original low barrier to entry was because people were just doing this to goof off and have fun, channels are now engineered in advance with a path to monetization and making it a business. It's intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation, there are still plenty of amazing UA-camrs that are making videos they want when they want that aren't beholden to some sort of audience of business plan and they are arguably some of the best content creators out there because the passion and love hasn't been washed out by algorithms, AI, three editors, and A/B testing thumbnails all day.
Very well said.
yeah, I think that (and hope) that the flood of incoming automatically produced "content" won't drown out passionate or fun videos people make without the sole aim to monetize
This is exactly what I am talking about. I'm glad tommyinnit is also becoming a part of this group who don't wanna be just a content machine but an actual human being that just wanna represent his thoughts and interests to people alike.
UA-cam used to be UA-cam because the youtubers were just normal people doing normal things just like us. Now every channel is coming out just as a business module.
My channel is just me having fun! :D
Nobody will watch a video if they know that it is a.i. The general consumer is already so fed up with how much ai is being thrown into our face, that they will just stop watching content. I really don't want to talk to an A.I version of Samir.
talking to that would be like talking to a character in a video game. hanging out with a GTA V npc. insane levels of delusion at the dev and marketing stages rn
WE DON'T NEED AI
The creators who will thrive in the future are the one's who will be able to do what AI can't.
Surprisingly insightful!
What exactly will that be?
@@naveenmehta6474 like singing. Ai singing will take a really really long time for it to sound believable. Also creating an original piece of content which isnt based on something which is already available on the internet. No matter how big ai becomes it wont be ever able to create original piece of content because ai will always look for the information which is already available on the internet. It will def be a big part of the future for youtube but it wont ever take the original connect from what people have with each other. For Ai to become believable and undectable will take alteast 3-4 decades
AI has quickly turned me from an optimist regarding technology to a disgusted doomer. All of this soulless late stage capitalism terrifies me and makes me nothing but disappointed for the future.
could be described as corporate capitalism
AI makes me think this must be how some older people feel about current technology.
9:10 So as long as there's somebody to buy it, you'll sell it? Answer the question as a creator. Would you want AI acting as if it were you, even without your guidance? Would you want people to believe or be confused that it was you? Is this even you in this video now? I would care a great deal from both sides. Authenticity matters.
18:07 this is exactly why i hate the idea of AI avatars as a creator. So you ask MKBHD for phone recommendations, he offers a crap option that doesn’t adjust at all to you needs and now what? or an outdated phone because in 2019 he said he loved it and the dataset isn’t trained properly…? what do we want that for? how do you even keep that dataset updated? the person who trusts you ends ups buying something that isn’t what they actually need. Tragic. Or do we not care because they used our affiliate link?
Nah, the AI will connect with amazon, see what phone has the biggest profit margin right now and it'll recommend that.
Most people watch UA-cam because it is the anti status-quo to streaming sites.
It’s where people create content with a human touch.
UA-cam on TV is a completely different environment because of how hard it is to flick through content.
So much agree with this. UA-cam is by far my favourite due to the broad church of content and niche. Never will be interested in leaderboards.
Goodness, just give me better subscription control like collections. Give me better personal tuning of recommendations or even recommendation streams.
Also, give me a decent UA-cam app on my Quest and even just an app with download on my Vision Pro. I shouldn’t have to rip UA-cam content and Airdrop it to my Vision Pro for offline viewing.
Just support me better as a UA-cam premium user.
@@NeilLavitt UA-cam wins because of the long tail of content, not the overly click-baity MrBeast style creators
25:14 this is ghoulish, I would never wear something that imposed ads over my vision
It's hideous. Dystopian AF.
My favorite thing about UA-cam is its un-serialized nature. A creator makes a 2 hour vid on a video game I have not cared for then next few vids makes breakdown on creative credit and plagiarism. sometimes 1, 8 hour video is better paced than a 4 part series as not everything needs to be a series.I am not saying I dont like them, but thats what I got to Netflix,Disney+ etc for,I come here for armature deep dive documentaries, hobby commentary and regular people sharing their passions, and videos tutorials that solve that one obscure niche problem uploaded by someone 12 years ago on the worst camera possible.
AI Brainstorming?! I'm sorry, what?! UA-cam should be about genuine creation. That stupid tool is taking away the genuineness of creation, and I'm disappointed in the use of AI thumbnails.
Agree
I know people always start scared of new technology, but let's be for real here this is not the same thing as normal fear of somthing new, we would be ripping out the value and authentic connection that makes people (and only people) unique and the magic of sharing online would be gone, the fear is of a loss of connection even further than what we have already experienced...
UA-cam is just another marketing channel for large companies; will always look back on 2007-2015 or so when content was posted for the sake of sharing content opposed to growing a business
I know I hate how everyone is so focused on making the most amount of money possible and getting the most amount of views because that will never be great content. The mrbeasts of the world just create garbage content to serve the algorithm not the people.
The "netflixification" of the TV home page is a scourge too. The whole thing about UA-cam is being able to browse around and find what you want, and the discovery of a new creator you've never seen is one of the best parts. Filling the entire screen with whoever's lucky enough will completely remove the discovery factor and seriously hurt creators growth. New CEO seems to have already lost his marbles. I thought it was really cool that they started emphasizing brand new channels - I regularly get videos with 100 or less views in my home feed - but this feels like such a colossal backstep from that. UA-cam makes more money by platforming more people so they can get ad revenue too, not by force feeding you something they deem popular and worthy.
The world will fight towards complexity, to the point where simplicity will return.
i love the monthly viewers metric more than subscribers. much more accurate depiction of a channel's size at the current moment.
I feel like in regards to the AI stuff, people are gas lighting themselves into being excited about it. Realistically, I don't believe that anyone would willingly want any of that to happen, outside of corporations looking to increase their profit margins.
AI will never replace art, but I do see another "music industry" forming where creators (musicians) get shuffled into production companies (record companies) and eventually 99% of artists melt away into obscurity with no chance of success or livelihood without the backing of big business. Looking back, it seems to be in our nature as creators and artists to want attention and success so bad that we allow for the formation of these kinds of gate keepers (businesses) with executives and bottom lines. If Netflixed, the barrier of entry will cost too much. After all, this is a "vanity industry" (Scott Galloway)
How do you know know AI will never replace art...it will be superior to us. We can't comprehend how advanced it will be your talking about now. The future is bleak.
@@LeahandBlair I think there is a part of every person deep down that needs an authentic representation of our reality to be able to relate. Extraordinary art made by 1’s and 0’s will always resonate on some level as novel. 1’s and 0’s will never feel pain or love and without this ability, we’ll never be fully convinced by anything AI makes. It may sound like Janis Joplin, but you’ll always know that it never had a broken heart.
I 100% would stop a video if it was an AI version of one of my favorite creators. I’m here to watch real life people like me living their real lives. I really don’t understand this obsession with AI taking over, it’s honestly weird.
It would entice me 🤷♀Any creators using AI to their benefit going forward I will click on even more. These are magic tools in our hands, you cannot ignore the future.
@@TheVlogTheory I’m not ignoring the future and not opposed to various uses of it. I just enjoy the real genuine connection built.
@@SeanLewisMediaI have the same opinion as you. The reason I watch UA-cam is to connect with other humans
8:25 is so scary, I can't believe People are ACTUALLY hyped for this 😭
Classic trojan horse
The end.
It's going to be normal 😢
10:00 I absolutely would care and would be turned off by it 🤔
I truly hope that no creator leans too far into the AI world, because it's a dangerous slippery slope that can end with every bit of a video being created by AI.
And the moment we rip away the humanity behind creating content, that's the moment we're no longer creators... We'll become solely products to be distributed...
Dude. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Imho, the start of that slope is the sponsor of this video. Sure, it can save time. But AI brainstorming will lead to less and less thought being put into the video, will it not? This needs to be limited. It's a steep slope, and we're about to stumble down it.
Horrified and deeply disappointed to see all the AI talk (and to see Colin and Samir use it). AI has unprecedented environmental consequences, and it is so dehumanizing.
oh my god YES, the carbon footprint of using AI is earth destroying fr fr
Calling Zuckerberg „Zuck“ gives me the strongest ick
I love the creative aspect of AI. My concern is scammers and identity theft, which is happening already with scammy ads with famous people on youtube selling things they never authorized.
7:07 I really think auto-dubbing could be the biggest innovation, bringing up long-form creators that we wouldn't watch otherwise. It's passable now, when Luisito did his own earlier this year, but his had gaps, where lips moved and audio ended. I wonder if auto-dubbing will keep the tight audio editing that current creators tend to do.
wow. a lot of deep stuff here. Not just for youtube, but deep questions about the future of humanity. Crazy.
we have always valued authenticity. i don't see a world of us listening to fake avatars.
but i can see that we will be increasingly challenged to discern between what is real and what is fake.
Can't wait for AI-generated videos to be summarized by AI, so we can get a one-liner summary of a video that no one actually watches. Tremendous!
P.S. This will save so much time to use even more AI!
Is anyone else already so sick of AI? It’s literally not exciting as a technology. It’s gross
I agree people think having holograms in your view 24/7 is good or optimistic but no go interact with real humans
The Hype Feature is genuinely one of the coolest innovations UA-cam has made in the past 4 years EASILY
Im affraid that money will again previal and it will be a question of how many hype points can you afford to be higher. Hopefully UA-cam will think about this edgecase.
It would be cool if it wasn't paid to win
The disconnect is crazy
I don't watch UA-cam as a Netflix alternative. I watch it because I want to see what individuals or groups create, and often what their thoughts are on things. If everyone is going to rush to make their Netflix style documentaries, theres gonna be a lotta bloated and bad content made
this is terrifying. it takes away every last inch of humanity
Tayjas’s video was freakin amazing. So well done, I was taking notes
Having an Avatar instead of a creator could mean the trust might get removed. Having MKBHD recommend me a phone in a personal conversation through Ai would make me think, where is the Ai getting its information from to tell me this? The trust is with the Creator not an outsourced program that could be vulnerable to outsider influence.
Love this! Thanks guys for always brining awesome information our way 🤙
I remember making short vlogs theorizing about this stuff with AI avatars back in 2019 and guessing it would be in like 15-20 years. Never would have e guessed 5 years.
My advice for everyone trying to get in the youtube space, is to be as human as possible.
In the near future people will be tired of AI and will go back to real people doing real things.
2 skills you should be working on, is Storytelling and editing.
I’m glad you guys brought up the fact that you’re viewing this with the lens that it will be widely adopted. I am highly skeptical that it will be.
Can you imagine the level of irony here, like UA-cam started on the promise to give one to one connection with the creator and watch raw moments, that's what differentiated it from other big platforms and big budget movies. And now YT is trying to wipe that out and become a platform where only hight quality content like movies will work.
If that happens then YT is erasing it's base motive. Like if you have to watch high quality cinema like content then there are platforms for that too(Disney, Netflix). I don't understand why YT is trying to be like Netflix.
Because they make money? lol do you think anyone in google cares about your feelings? They will do whatever earns them the most money, it’s as simple as that
I'm impressed your channel and format has survived and grown for this long. There used to be all sorts of channels like these in the past, they failed. I'm actually really impressed with the content you produce and find it very informative.
doesn’t look so good for your AI thumbnail partner that it can’t place an apostrophe
That's quite literally putting words in my mouth. Nope. As the image being presented, people will hold me responsible for words that I did not say. That is wrong. I am accountable for my words and actions, not some artificially generated version of it. For others, in the "chatbot" example of it, people can find ways to manipulate my image to say things I did not and probably will not say. That is also only only wrong, but also super creepy. And going back, even if the creator consents to using and generating the AI to make content using his image and words, if they choose to retract anything, where does the line of responsibility lie? As much as the creator say it's not them, the impression sticks. The damage is done.
love you bringing back this kind of videos
currently imo the most important thing to ask about ai is "what is ensuring that people are honest about their usage of it?"
God i hate where youtube is going
Low Level sent me here, the AI stuff is incredibly disturbing and I will never consume that content and would eliminate my youtube consumption completely if this happens.
This was a great episode! Not too long (or short), introduced me to more concepts + touched on new ones, had some funny moments and pacing was great! I throughly enjoyed that this video made me feel as if I was an insider and loved seeing the press publish on Samir laptop.
AI needs to stay out of content creation. Part of what makes UA-cam so enjoyable and unique is the authenticity of a lot of content and its creators.
If AI takes over I’m out, as a creator and consumer. I want a real person, I want authenticity, I don’t want a relationship with a machine.
Think you guys are really tech-bros on this one. Beginning to get the feeling Colin had a few NFTs...
Can you imagine having to watch nog skippable ads for a minute on your glasses?
That’s the moment where most people would stop using them
Lowkey the title is suppose to be “gets” not “get’s”
I was wondering if the grammatical error was intentional for ppl like me who feel the powerful impulse to correct them 😂😂 glad I’m not alone in this 👋😂
You guys are SO SMART it’s fascinating
5:26 Saying Hype function is a good thing, and everyone wants it is just bull since money is involved. It's a predatory tactic to milk smaller creators who like to blame the algorithm instead of focusing on improving their content.
Think about it - as a small creator, you work on a video, it does poorly, and then there's this feature where you can pay $5 to boost its exposure. It's not about lifting up good content. It's about lifting content that has the most money behind it.
This is just an "advertise" function renamed to the "hype" function.
My subjective opinion as a viewer - disappointed that you haven't spent the time looking at pros and cons.
I appreciate that you guys are questioning this direction and sharing the plans. May we all remember our humanity and value it. What do we give away our likeness? our voice? our image ... What is the exchange. "verifiably human" what a world when those words need to exist. has anyone seen wall-e? What does this do to our ability to be present in our verifiable reality. Have you noticed how cross eyed you are in the video and how you don't see outside of it?
Insane to show the most dystopian tech and acknowledge how "eerie" it feels but at the same time laugh it off and embrace the concept as a whole. Would I care if anytime I saw "uses AI" i had to wonder if the whole ass person I was watching was an AI trained to look and sound like him? Yes obviously?
LOVE these videos guys. Always learn so much from them. Thank you.
Nearly 3 hours the video has been up and a blatant massive typo in the thumbnail still has not been corrected. Sometimes it's the little things that make you unsubscribe.
And as a central part of their ~AI~ sponsor
Seriously, this was disappointing. I clicked on this because I was like "Uh, surely these guys are smarter than to make such an obvious typo" and then they said it was made with AI and I was like... okay. I don't need to watch this channel anymore.
@@babblingbrook4720I'm disappointed in them for getting an AI sponsorship
I think their judgement is pretty garbage
They changed it. I think. What was the typo?
edit: found it. "It gets weird" instead of "It get's weird"
Super fascinating discussion! It definitely scares me a bit to think about the future of all of this, but there are a lot of really valuable insights and things to prepare for in here.
we can A/B test thumbnails.. what about A/B testing the video?
If I notice AI generated content, be it voice, script or visuals, I immediately block the channel and look for something else. If you want to watch something that is generated on the spot just for you, instead of using a computer you might as well just close your eyes and use your imagination to come up with whatever you want.
AI is literally materializing your imagination almost instantly. AI sucks as of now, it’s to be expected that most of us don’t like watching content that heavily relies on it. But it will get better, much better, and you won’t be able to notice its AI as easily, and at that point you won’t probably care about it because it will be good enough to entertain you.
If I told you that this very video was completely made with an AI, from the script to the audio and the super realistic animations and renders, would you really care about it? Putting your morals or personal beliefs aside I mean, would this video be any less entertaining or compelling to you? I doubt it, and I doubt the vast majority of people will give 2 fvcks
@@agme8045No it won't, who is gonna create enough data for AI to rearrange?
12:46 No thanks AI. Outside of content creation think of how this will amplify catfishing, scams, etc. Plus, it messes with the connection part of your brain. AI generated humans (even similar replicas) feel soulless and our brains know that deep down.
Hack: Zoom can change the background, so if you're in Hawaii and want your studio's background, use something like zoom hahaha jk
I am hoping 2024 is my year, off to a great start, thank you for sharing this is valuable information.
great episode guys. crazy future stuff to think about it. i definitely think humans yearn to connect with humans. i think trust and real-human connectivity will be even more important. ai art/content looks and feels "cheap" and "easy" which i personally stray away from.
You guys showed a really great example of how the enshittification of UA-cam will come about
Thank you guys for the feature! 🥹 The connected TV element is exciting but I agree with Colin, can be intimidating for newer creators. I was someone who did ONLY shorts for two years and if you told me even last year that I would spend 6 months on one project, I wouldn't believe you. All to say, UA-cam is in a cool spot where Shorts allowed me to create fast feedback loops to learn quickly... but also a place where I can showcase 20 - 30 min documentaries that are so fulfilling to make!! Keep at it my attractive lads.
We love to see it! You deserve it man
Nice Tejjas
Your latest series is incredible man! As an author myself, I loved how you wove the storytelling throughout
5:16 - 5:35 "A mechanism to discover brand new creators".
I think a simple solve would be to allow a search filter that let's you set a subscriber limit on what channels will appear in search. Search Results: Channels with
Personally i am rarely looking for small creators but there are times where I would like to, but on the opposite end I find that large creators have their videos pushed out beyond the videos scope sometimes, so i'd be happy to search >10M subs, then >1M, and so on to widen my search without having to keyword research the type of video I want to find
OOH thumbnail looks sickkk!! 🔥🔥
This removes the tiny, remaining semblance of human connection that we have left. Tech dorks eat dirt.
Watching you guys kinda push me to create more content
perfection only exists with imperfection. if ai starts dominating the art and stance of human interactions on the internet, it will destroy the intamacy and truth of being a person with a voice and idea.
UA-cam is about to change.
UA-cam is about to change.
UA-cam is about to change.
UA-cam is about to change.
UA-cam is about to change.
UA-cam is about to change.
But AI is also stealing from original art and creatives, they should show how they will protect creatives original work and be prepared to pay to use it!!!
Thank you for the video, your videos are always rly insightful
I think it’s intriguing you guys think AI models of creators would be licensable or that UA-camrs would be interested in allowing it.
Imagine UA-cam starts a generative feature as mentioned in the video. Some channels allow it, others don’t. I can’t imagine channels that allow it getting paid as much as something like Shorts. People use TikTok despite getting paid pennies compared to UA-cam. YT knows they can leverage that now. For the channels that don’t allow it, if it becomes desirable enough for the ordinary consumer, then who’s to say a third party couldn’t train their own model on a UA-camr’s content and distribute it themselves? How could a UA-camr stop any of this?
Currently, when you use UA-cam, you maintain your intellectual property rights, but you give the platform the full ability to “prepare derivative works.” So there’s no need for them to ask for permission in the first place.
I'm really getting "Hall and Oates" vibes from these two
I don’t want to see a UA-camr talking about something just because I asked them to; I want them to talk about something because they really wanted to. If I come to UA-cam, is to discover things and listen to new ideas. I browse the UA-cam homepage in search of something I don't know or a different perspective on something I already know. If UA-cam really dropped a feature like this (10:34), I’d definitely be disappointed. I don't want this.
13:00 it is going to be a truly bleak future if everyone only gets content that AI believes is exactly what they want. As much as I hate sitting through a movie, show, or youtube video that I don't like the disliking of something develops your taste just as much if not more so as than something you like. It'll be weird to see how younger people grow up in a world tailored to their WANTS, but never gives them what they NEED.
I’m a relatively new creator and started my channel around this time last year. I’m curious to hear a seasoned creator’s perspective on the idea of creating separate channels with the same content, but dubbed into different languages. Do you think this approach could improve visibility and growth within those language-specific algorithms?
I am glad to be part of a generation that can remember creating with our magic markers and writing skits in EraserMate instead of relying on electronics, appreciating long conversations with peers that built interpersonal relationships, and not needing to analyze and verify what "feels" like a human experience. The future seems quite Orwellian, void of spontaneity, inhumane, and boring. Life is short. Some of this AI advancement seems to be leading up to creating a big existential crisis for a lot of folks in the future.