There second one takes a mathematical model for the path integral for light and portrays it like that's actually what is happening, with plenty of phrases like light "chooses" the path of least action that imply something more going on. Also, the experiment at the end with the laser pointer is awful. The light we are seeing is scattering from the laser pointer's aperture, not some evidence that light is taking alternate paths.
Many people said this, but he set up an experiment to test it and the light does turn on instantly as claimed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI_X2cMHNe0
> There second one takes a mathematical model for the path integral for light and portrays it like that's actually what is happening
I know nothing about this. Is there a more accurate mathematical model available than the one he uses? Otherwise, I think it seems sensible to portray our best mathematical model as "what's really going on". And I didn't get the sense that light was "choosing" anything when watching the video, I got the sense that the amplitudes of all possible paths were cancelling out except for the shortest path (or something along those lines)
The words people like to use for the path integral is a sum over histories---that corresponds tightly with the ingredients in the path integral. So in this formulation it's what's "actually happening". But in other mathematical formulations other words are more appealing and what someone claims is "actually happening" sounds different.
There was also the Waymo ad and the Rods from the Gods video where he couldn't bother to use a guide wire to aim.