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AI is giving Anton Petrov, a YouTube science teacher, a whole lot of hassle, making his channel unusable for many viewers, all the while endangering epileptics with strobe effect flashing that he cannot get the presumably AI-run customer support unit to do anything about. YouTube told Petrov the AI tweaking cannot be disabled.
For background on YouTube’s AI tampering, please see the Atlantic article at THIS LINK and the BBC article at THIS LINK.
The frustrated Petrov put online a video outlining his complaints, warning that certain epileptics are being put at serious risk. But YouTube’s bot told him that the photo-tweaking is applied “globally and cannot be disabled.”
Petrov said it took him months to discover why some viewers were complaining, as his YouTube monitor did not display the problem. [That, I suggest, is a bit suspicious, making one wonder whether YouTube’s AI system is targeting him for some unknown reason. That suspicion sounds ludicrous, I know, and I don’t believe it myself. But we do know that AI has become increasingly sneaky and dangerous with regard to humans, as previous GRIST newsletters conclusively demonstrate.]
Others have also been, in their opinion, adversely affected by YouTube’s AI filter, which is intended to pretty up videos. The algorithm is imposed without the consent of the content creator. In fact, YouTube doesn’t even tell creators when their videos have been tampered with.
For more details, please go to THIS LINK. And while you are there, subscribe to GRIST News Features and Bluegrass Review.
For background on YouTube’s AI tampering, please see the Atlantic article at THIS LINK and the BBC article at THIS LINK.
The frustrated Petrov put online a video outlining his complaints, warning that certain epileptics are being put at serious risk. But YouTube’s bot told him that the photo-tweaking is applied “globally and cannot be disabled.”
Petrov said it took him months to discover why some viewers were complaining, as his YouTube monitor did not display the problem. [That, I suggest, is a bit suspicious, making one wonder whether YouTube’s AI system is targeting him for some unknown reason. That suspicion sounds ludicrous, I know, and I don’t believe it myself. But we do know that AI has become increasingly sneaky and dangerous with regard to humans, as previous GRIST newsletters conclusively demonstrate.]
Others have also been, in their opinion, adversely affected by YouTube’s AI filter, which is intended to pretty up videos. The algorithm is imposed without the consent of the content creator. In fact, YouTube doesn’t even tell creators when their videos have been tampered with.
For more details, please go to THIS LINK. And while you are there, subscribe to GRIST News Features and Bluegrass Review.
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