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AI is ruining the history part of YouTube. Almost everything is slop now.

Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:40 am
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7475 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:40 am
Watch a great documentary from 2012 about Alfred the Great? Awesome here’s your algorithm now filled with thousands of AI shite all produced in the last 2 months with thousands more on the way everyday. It’s hurting normal history creators on YouTube, and it’s ruining YouTube itself.

Fricking horseshite.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
37878 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:41 am to
Yeah but the ai can sing to you can tell you how things work.
Posted by ninthward
Boston, MA
Member since May 2007
22182 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:42 am to
yea its crap, and the worst part is it's made by dumbfrick millennials that don't know shite about history in the first place.
Posted by SUB
Silver Tier TD Premium
Member since Jan 2009
24961 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:46 am to
This thread is slop
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
41701 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:46 am to
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yea its crap, and the worst part is it's made by dumbfrick millennials that don't know shite about history in the first place.


Are you saying this because everyone younger than you is a millennial or are the content creators actually between the ages of 30-48?
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
59182 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:47 am to
Yeah, all of social media is starting to suck. There's just too much fake shite out there. It's amazing how many people fall for it
Posted by Ping Pong
LSU and UVA alum
Member since Aug 2014
6124 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:51 am to
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yea its crap, and the worst part is it's made by dumbfrick millennials that don't know shite about history in the first place.


Are you aware that the youngest millennials are 30 years old?
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8700 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:52 am to
The AI cityscape recreations are the greatest thing that's happened for history teachers in a long time, however. I definitely might've paid attention back in school if they had these



Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
9882 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:53 am to
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It’s hurting normal history creators on YouTube, and it’s ruining YouTube itself.


I understand the gripe about your algorithm being flooded by AI slop, but if anything this will help the actual good history creators.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110027 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:53 am to
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Yeah, all of social media is starting to suck. There's just too much fake shite out there. It's amazing how many people fall for it


I like how everything is seemingly narrated in one of only like three different voices.
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
12089 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:54 am to
ai can do cool things and it can destroy and manipulate. I hate to say we need some sort of legislation but we do.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
106615 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:56 am to
This is my beef in recipe groups right now. All AI slop. Nah, I want to see how it looks when you actually cooked it and served it.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133888 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:59 am to
There's letting AI make something, which results in slop.


And there's utilizing some level of AI to bring your own work to life in a way you couldn't before.

Obviously the former is swamping the algorithm because it's easy to produce, like "reaction" videos that just wholesale use someone else's work and stick their little screen in the corner and act like they are contributing.

It's the quality of the product that is more important than how it was made.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
56238 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 11:59 am to
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There's just too much fake shite out there. It's amazing how many people fall for it


Its troubling and kind of scary how often I see people believing things and posting stuff on social media that are so obviously not real or true.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
70273 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:01 pm to
I recommend channels like:

The Great War
World War Two
The Korean War with Indy Neidell
Real Time History
TimeGhost History
Kings & Generals
House of Hisory
History Marche
Epic History TV
History Hit
Invicta


This post was edited on 1/20/26 at 12:04 pm
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120696 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:02 pm to
I have a bunch of suggested videos and there is one that is created by AI titled "If angels are in your house notice these 7 signs". But the only way to fight back is not watch and spread the word. I read something last month about how people are making money with content strictly generated by AI and that's cool, its there for the taking and as much as I am pro AI flooding youtube with all of these videos sucks.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
53975 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:03 pm to
Alfred the Great was pretty great.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
13581 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:12 pm to
Perhaps

However the real damage was done when Google bought YouTube. Prior to this a search would bring up an unlimited number of matching entries. You could step through pages worth for a really deep dive. Now days you are lucky to get a dozen that will hopefully match but generally even start wandering around before that. There are thousands of old related video that u practically have to have had bookmarked to find now. Older (less popular) versions of covers by a secondary musician (maybe once only live) are really hard to get back to... even when knowing who and the song.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20444 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:14 pm to
At a point in the not too distant future, there’s gonna be so much AI content on the Internet, that none of it is going to be reliable, and in my opinion, people will just turn away from it altogether.
Posted by LSU1SLU
Member since Mar 2013
7976 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 12:15 pm to
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dumbfrick millennials that don't kn


You sound like an absolute moron. Crazy how many upvotes from old people you got
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