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Re:YouTube is now full of crap AI slop by xhkkffbf on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @12:08PM (#45427292)
Here's a weird data point: I was recently doing some physical labor with a neighbor who is probably a recovering addict with what some might call a "partially fried brain." After a bit, I noticed that he liked to have his phone out playing AI slop videos with Star Wars-like stories about Galactic this or Federation that.

He said it settled his brain better than human generated content. It was soothing, consistent and just one or two notches above bland.

I left with the impression that his brain and the AI content had a great impedance match.

Re:YouTube is now full of crap AI slop by rhetocj23 on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @12:44PM (#45427821)
That makes sense.

The segment of the population that is suffering from brain rot is gigantic. This is the segment Mark Zuckerberg loves.

In his own words: "dumb fucks".

Junk food has a similar effect on the brain - without exercising proper discipline it has a catastrophic effect on productivity.