alt Hacker NewsNot to be ironic, but... is there a summary of that video? It's a bit long and he doesn't seem to get to the point for quite a while.
Not to be ironic, but... is there a summary of that video? It's a bit long and he doesn't seem to get to the point for quite a while.
It’s an 8 minute video…and even shorter at 1.5X that will take me longer to summarize than you to watch.
But in summary, YouTube is rolling out AI summarization features on some content without giving creators any say in the matter.
Concerns include:
- Low quality summarization of high quality content will devalue the content, and in many cases is just a worse version of the content
- Impact to watch time on the channel can impact channel success over time
- YouTube is not doing anything to compensate creators for reducing watch time such as sharing revenue from viewers who primarily interact with the AI summary
But I think he articulates this much better than I did. Much better to watch the video.