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Is there a way to escape AI content on YouTube?

Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:51 pm
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:51 pm
I used to be able to look at the author’s name and if it wasn’t actually a real persons name I would notice, skip it. Now AI has adapted names that sounds like it’s a human content creator, but as soon as you turn it on, you recognize it’s AI slop.

Is there a way to reject AI slop whenever you search for content on YouTube.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
57223 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:52 pm to
I don't across much at all.

But my feed is very "tight" for lake of a better word.

Edt: certain genres have more than others. Example my kids YouTube. It is loaded with AI stuff.

Are you watching a lot of Number Blocks and Blippy?
This post was edited on 9/20/26 at 2:53 pm
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
29081 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:56 pm to
lol… No

I was thinking about vacations and doing research and wholly crap 90% is slop.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
57223 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

I was thinking about vacations and doing research and wholly crap 90% is slop.

Oh yeah, I bet that is
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24371 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 4:00 pm to
I wonder if AI could help you?

Grok:

YouTube’s recommendation engine mostly copies what you’ve clicked, watched even briefly, searched, and lingered on. AI slop farms are built to trigger those signals, so the only reliable fix is to starve the algorithm of those signals and actively tell it “not this.”
Fastest things that actually move the needle
On any slop video or Short (home feed, sidebar, or Shorts):
1. Tap the three dots.
2. Choose Don’t recommend channel for whole farms. This is stronger than “Not interested.”

3. Use Not interested on one-off videos.
4. If you watched even 10–20 seconds, open History and remove that video so it doesn’t count as a positive signal.
Do this consistently for a week. Studies and user reports both show “Don’t recommend channel” plus history cleanup beats dislike or ignore.
Cut off the data YouTube is using
• Pause or delete watch history: YouTube app ? profile ? Settings ? Manage all history / History & privacy ? Pause watch history (or delete last 7/30 days or all time). Same place on desktop via myactivity.google.com ? YouTube History.
• Pause search history the same way. Random searches for “weird facts” or “did you know” are how a lot of slop gets seeded.
• On iPhone: Settings ? Time management ? Shorts feed limit ? 0 minutes. This kills the Shorts rail that is slop-heavy.
Pausing history stops new watches from training the model. Deleting history resets the old training data. You can pause before you watch something you don’t want attached to the account, then turn it back on.

Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
9495 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 4:05 pm to
The rise of AI slop on YouTube is not just a movement, it’s a takeover.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159687 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 4:07 pm to
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159687 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 4:17 pm to
The great Yesterday's Papers music channel uses AI narration



So it's not sometithing I want to avoid completely

Just 99.9% of the time
Posted by SupperClubDrunkBus
At Large
Member since Jun 2023
3218 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 4:33 pm to
quote:

Is there a way to escape AI content on YouTube?


I’m gonna guess “NO

AI is inevitably infiltrating EVERY corner of the interwebs

Hell?…I can’t even escape AI on Brazzers.

Call me old fashioned, but I’ve never even been a fan of silicon implants as it is…

NOW ?…there’s damn AI generated “Big Naturals” content for Pete’s sake.

Ultimate BLASPHEMY I tell ‘ya !!!
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lubbock TX
Member since Sep 2017
33585 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 4:44 pm to
is there a way to say ai without saying ai slop
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
61598 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 5:23 pm to
I hate AI scripts. I can hear them a mile away
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
29081 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 5:39 pm to
quote:

there a way to say ai without saying ai slop


Yes. If it is helpful and a direct response. I use it often.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Member since Jul 2018
8713 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 6:19 pm to
Google Gemini told me no yesterday.
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
5168 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:22 pm to
quote:

I don't across much at all. But my feed is very "tight" for lake of a better word. Edt: certain genres have more than others. Example my kids YouTube. It is loaded with AI stuff. Are you watching a lot of Number Blocks and Blippy?


One thing is for certain, nobody is going to blame you for using Chat GPT to write this for you!!!!
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
10790 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:45 pm to
I once dozed off listening to classic Sherlock Holmes radio shows. Next thing I know I'm waking up to Holmes fighting some demons. fricking Ai.
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
4942 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 7:50 pm to
No. This is all part of the plan for Google. More content. More viewers. More revenue.
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
29081 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:35 pm to
quote:

One thing is for certain, nobody is going to blame you for using Chat GPT to write this for you!!!!



Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11887 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:41 pm to
I thought you meant videos about running away from robots
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
29081 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 8:51 pm to
quote:

I thought you meant videos about running away from robots


No but I'm sure you can find them... Lemme google that -




Yep... a bunch created by AI too


Posted by Deadmanshand
Member since Jun 2026
368 posts
Posted on 9/20/26 at 9:09 pm to
This is something that YouTube recognizes and is going after pretty hard, but at this time, it is what it is.
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