Will this AI lower some views on YouTube?

[R-Rated]

For the past week or so I have seen on my phone a summary of a video pop up in the YouTube feed. Not all videos get it but a few do.

It looks like this when expanded.

Now this example is a huge channel with an older video so any reduction in views will be hard to tell.

However, what if the feature rolls out to smaller channels? Without the summary there are viewers who might be curious and click on a video to watch at least a little of it. But with the summary, someone can just read what the video covers without even taking a peek.

What do you think? (Insert cliché YouTuber phrase - I am curious to know what you think. Leave your comments below.)

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Hmm, am not sure I'd want that... I like to add my own text descriptions, don't want AI revealing spoilers etc

 

[L. Bilious]

Hopefully there will be an option to turn off all A.I. generated additions to your channel.

 

[Drakhen99]

THAT explains my distinct drop in views over the last week! AI, out here taking low-paying jobs from hard-working YouTubers like me!

In all seriousness, I wonder if it will drop views... but my guess is a very sure "probably".

OTOH, so many people just want flashy lights and bright colors in their faces, so they'll probably skip the AI description and watch - or not - based on the title/TN.

-John

 

[scooterwuf]

Does sound pretty horrible, especially if there isn’t an option to turn off an AI summary or review of one’s motovlog. I wonder if we’ll have to put moving psychadelic borders around our videos or an odd water mark to confuse any AI from reading it.

I’m not a fan of AI in general, especially generated art and video as it’s essentially theft if it’s scanned other artist work without consent, paid reimbursement or acknowledge credit.

- Wolf

 

[Hippo-Drones]

I’m not a fan of AI in general, especially generated art and video as it’s essentially theft if it’s scanned other artist work without consent, paid reimbursement or acknowledge credit.

- Wolf

Don't we all take inspiration from the things we see though?

 

[scooterwuf]

Don't we all take inspiration from the things we see though?

I’m all for Inspiration, but it isn’t theft. In the US AI generated art can’t be copyrighted based on how it works to generate an image.

- Wolf

 

[Theodor]

I wonder if we’ll have to put moving psychadelic borders around our videos or an odd water mark to confuse any AI from reading it.

I wouldn't think the AI analyses image. They already have text to speech, which generates the automatic subtitles. Makes more sense they analyse the text they already have, instead of creating something that requires way more processing power.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

I’m all for Inspiration, but it isn’t theft. In the US AI generated art can’t be copyrighted based on how it works to generate an image.

- Wolf

So AI isn't theft as it isn't stealing art?

 

[scooterwuf]

If it can proven where it’s scanning its sources from, gives the artist credit and compensates them, it should be fine. However, that also means the AI art is built on the work of others.

Imagine if AI scanned all of your Motovlogs plus others. A non-rider creates a purely AI generated channel with views of rides like on your channel, and a voice over like your voice, but each episode is in a different part of the world - Asia, Iceland, South America, etc. …

The Channel goes viral and get 100k + subs, and the channel creator rakes in the money. This could be where things are headed. I know YT has filters and more against this, but that could change too.

- Wolf

 

[Hippo-Drones]

If it can proven where it’s scanning its sources from, gives the artist credit and compensates them, it should be fine. However, that also means the AI art is built on the work of others.

Imagine if AI scanned all of your Motovlogs plus others. A non-rider creates a purely AI generated channel with views of rides like on your channel, and a voice over like your voice, but each episode is in a different part of the world - Asia, Iceland, South America, etc. …

The Channel goes viral and get 100k + subs, and the channel creator rakes in the money. This could be where things are headed. I know YT has filters and more against this, but that could change too.

- Wolf

You wrote this before: "AI generated art can’t be copyrighted based on how it works to generate an image", so I am not sure why it is an issue?

 

[R-Rated]

Don't we all take inspiration from the things we see though?

I am thinking about taking inspirations from things I smell. Now I got to figure out how to represent those odors in a video format.

 

[Drakhen99]

Do you remember Smell-O-Vision? FOX, 1990-something? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And so do I.

Pass.

-John

 

[scooterwuf]

You wrote this before: "AI generated art can’t be copyrighted based on how it works to generate an image", so I am not sure why it is an issue?

From my perspective as an artist it’s pretty big.

Ownership of AI generated art can’t be claimed. If someone uses AI to create a logo for their channel, anyone can also take it, make a T-shirt out of it and sell it, or just put it on their channel too.

If someone makes a logo on their own, and copyrights it, but someone steals it to place on a T-shirt, that person can be sued in Federal court (in the US). If the copyright owner wins their case they get what the judges awards them, plus the person they sue has to pay their legal fees.

There’s a lot of power in a copyright, which is why YouTube will let you know if there’s a claim against the music used for a video.

- Wolf

 

[Hippo-Drones]

From my perspective as an artist it’s pretty big.

Ownership of AI generated art can’t be claimed. If someone uses AI to create a logo for their channel, anyone can also take it, make a T-shirt out of it and sell it, or just put it on their channel too.

If someone makes a logo on their own, and copyrights it, but someone steals it to place on a T-shirt, that person can be sued in Federal court (in the US). If the copyright owner wins their case they get what the judges awards them, plus the person they sue has to pay their legal fees.

There’s a lot of power in a copyright, which is why YouTube will let you know if there’s a claim against the music used for a video.

- Wolf

Ahh soz, I miss read your original post, I thought you meant that because of how it generates content, it isn't actually copying others work. I know we are in early days of AI, but so far I have seen nothing that I'd be concerned about regarding copyright as even when you ask it to use logos etc, it doesn't get them even close and mostly looks like gibberish. and the art and video is almost laughable with the errors in placement of limbs and hands etc.
A person asking AI to make an image of the Terminator riding a motorcycle may generate a striking image, but it would still only be a bad artists impression with inaccuracies in detail. It would passable for the real deal and the video I have seen, although is impressive when you think it is a computer simulating what it thinks we want to see... the physics and graphics are way behind in what an actual computer programmer could achieve, and even further behind real life video of the actual event.
Music is possibly going to be the worst offender for taking over as AI generated music and lyrics are effectively all modern music is anyway with manufactured bands singing generic awful songs, it is already so bad... AI can match it! :-D

I fully get your sentiment though mate, but as motovloggers, I don't think any of us, even the largest of motovlogging channels have a thing to worry about when there is way more money in other genres.

I have noticed an increase in AI generated "new bike release news" YT videos, where they announce bikes that have not seen (and possibly never will see) light of day shared on Facebook groups, but in the most part, the people sharing those videos are either the creators of the content or are people who have been duped by it... and those people are also the ones fooled by computer game videos of crazy stuff happening where there just happened to be a magical floating camera following the action perfectly... so idiots basically!