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Why Medieval Peasants Never Froze in -40°F While Modern Homes Die in 1 Day
highplainsdem
(59,047 posts)has any personal knowledge of the subject. The channel's existed since 2011, but everything that was on there originally is gone.
121 videos obviously done using AI were posted in the last 9 months, averaging a new video every 2 or 3 days. Probably used AI for the script and AI for the voice and much of the images and video. Probably had AI suggest the ideas for the videos.
IF the person behind that channel had any real credentials for doing these videos, you'd see them listed.
msongs
(72,853 posts)highplainsdem
(59,047 posts)elleng
(141,570 posts)'Nay' sayers can just keep denying.
highplainsdem
(59,047 posts)yourself. It's no more likely to be accurate than AI Overviews scrambling facts.
There are REAL sources of info out there from REAL experts, as opposed to some YouTuber serving up AI slop with new clickbait videos churned out much faster than a real expert could do the work.
Sneederbunk
(16,979 posts)jmbar2
(7,458 posts)highplainsdem
(59,047 posts)Not some YouTuber who may have little or no interest in the subject but found it works as clickbait.
AI slop is so easy to generate that streaming platform Deezer says that AI slop music is now a third of what's uploaded every month.
YouTube is flooded with AI slop videos.
Kindle and other publishing platforms are flooded with AI slop books.
Many of the books not only inaccurate, but offering dangerous advice.
Real writers, artists, and experts deserve attention. Ignorant wannabes churning out AI slop don't.
jmbar2
(7,458 posts)I see a lot of posts on Reddit of folks living in cars struggling to stay warm. It's a rapidly growing problem that people are losing their apartments and sleeping in cars. Some of these insights have practical applications for folks today.
highplainsdem
(59,047 posts)or
stay warm living in car
or similar search terms, and you'll find lots of real tips from real people. Including discussions about how well certain tips work.
Using rocks to warm the inside of vehicles isn't a forgotten trick that you need an AI slop video from a fake expert on medieval times to give you.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Survival/comments/lrpols/ever_in_predicament_like_shown_here_hot_rocks
jmbar2
(7,458 posts)Gonna go heat some bricks for bedtime.
highplainsdem
(59,047 posts)experts of all types.
And that slop exists only because the robber baron AI companies stole the world's intellectual property, and people who don't care about the theft will still use AI tools to pretend they have knowledge and talent they don't have.
I'm on Team Human. Every liberal should be.
As for warning about errors from AI - the AI peddlers issue such warnings themselves, hoping they won't get sued for the mistakes their tools make and the harm they cause.
Bayard
(27,807 posts)I don't remember reading about specific thermal values of cattle or sheep, but they were certainly brought inside when it was freezing to help warm the house. I'm sure we've all heard the, "Three Dog Night," story from Eskimos. We practice that here!
JoseBalow
(8,928 posts)Thanks for posting!