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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by somenameforme on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:38AM (#40647546)
Exactly why I literally never use videos for 'how to do [x]', when 'x' can be expected to be fairly straight forward, anymore.

- 10 seconds intro

- 10 seconds yoooo guys wassss up

- 30 seconds build up

- 30 seconds showing what the answer will do

- 30 seconds encouraging you to post comments to the video

- 2 seconds to explain the answer

- 20 seconds yooo don't forget to pound that like and subscribe

If this is really what's optimal for the sacred algorithm, then that algorithm needs a serious tune up.

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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by ryandrake on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:04PM (#40647945)
What we need is an AI agent who can parse through 10 minute videos, and then extract out and summarize in text format only the important 2 seconds.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by disqard on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:48AM (#40647720)
If it's a somewhat-successful YouTuber, then you missed the 60-second shout-out to their sponsor.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:36PM (#40648365)
Plus 30 seconds to 2 minutes of Patreon segment, depending on whether they're reciting the list of newest/bestest patrons, and then 30 seconds of outro in the end, creating a frame for YouTube to stuff recommended videos of the creator in.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by ghaff on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:47PM (#40648525)
I've seen examples where seeing someone make e.g. some repair really benefits from video. But I certainly won't argue in general.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by lxgr on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @02:58PM (#40650086)
You forgot the NordVPN ad!
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