YouTube used AI to edit videos without telling users

Re:YouTube used AI to edit videos without telling users by fcpguru on Sunday August 24, 2025 @09:32AM (#45004133)

Boost visual quality, which improve viewer retention. So, money. I've tried many times to get a short with retention > 90% that is, 90% of viewers watch all the way to end. That's the key to going super viral. Very hard to do. I've had many shorts get around 75% and about 1k views but then die. Maybe I need some AI!

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Re:YouTube used AI to edit videos without telling users by avasan on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:30PM (#45009930)

Is the visual quality really boosted? It seems to give a very distinctive, almost uncanny-valley look to the video.

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Re:YouTube used AI to edit videos without telling users by tovej on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:11AM (#45011149)

AI upscale does not improve quality imo, I'd much prefer to watch grainy vhs originals to AI upscaled ones that insert weird shapes in the image.

This is especially bad in animation, where the art gets visibly distorted.

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Re:YouTube used AI to edit videos without telling users by justsomehnguy on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:26AM (#45011237)

There are people out there who can vote and can (sometimes) buy and drink alcohol and who never used VHS in any capacity.

And a new generation what is trained on a constantly enabled face filters and 'AI'-upscaled slop is already here.

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Re:YouTube used AI to edit videos without telling users by hulitu on Monday August 25, 2025 @06:25AM (#45012315)

> Boost visual quality

So to make edible stuff from shit.

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