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highplainsdem

(61,789 posts)
2. That channel is AI-generated, as some of the YouTube comments point out. Possibly from a foreign content
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00 PM
7 hrs ago

farm, because I saw comments saying the video didn't even have the correct pronunciation of some of the towns.

There might be some correct stuff in that channel's AI-generated videos (some of their videos are too old to be AI), but when I looked at the one below, I noticed the comments mentioning a number of mistakes:

LiberalArkie

(19,725 posts)
3. Yes, I know it is AI generated. And is from correct sources. In fact each "fact" can be looked up.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 01:19 PM
5 hrs ago

I remember that when a person created artwork on digital devices that is was not classified as "art".

I read old stories how books printed on the printing press were not considerated as real books because they were not written by hand.

In my life I remember stories of court trials where video could not be presented because it was not on actual film.

highplainsdem

(61,789 posts)
4. None of those earlier tools were trained illegally on stolen intellectual property. This is not about
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 02:18 PM
4 hrs ago

tools, but about theft.

And about accuracy. AI hallucinates.

I have no idea how many factual errors are in the AI-generated video in the OP, and you'd have to do research to know. You said it's "from correct sources" but I didn't see any sources identified. The fact that AI narration gets the pronunciation of some town names wrong suggests there might be other errors, and that the YouTuber - or content farm - might not be American. You said there were things in the OP you didn't know, and unless you checked all of those carefully, you don't know if it's correct.

The video from that channel that I posted has a number of errors, identified in the YouTube comments, so there are probably more.

It's AI slop produced by a person or a content farm ripping off other people's video and writing about Arkansas, apparently without giving credit to any sources.

There are lots of AI slop travel books on Amazon, too, ripping off real books by real writers. What you posted here is the YouTube equivalent.

There have to be lots of videos on Arkansas, older ones ones not using AI, done by people who actually care about the state. AI ripoff artists don't. It's all clickbait to them.

highplainsdem

(61,789 posts)
5. Seriously, would you recommend an AI-written travel book, even if the Amazon reviews pointed out
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 02:27 PM
4 hrs ago

AI errors?

LiberalArkie

(19,725 posts)
6. Oh, like a travel book with information from the individual states and local commentary and sold for a profit?
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 04:30 PM
2 hrs ago

As a side note, I remember a massive debate from music people as to whether a song produced with a multi-track recorder was valid music as opposed to a recording performed in one tack with a single tract recorder. And Oh God the ruckus of a guitar player using an electric guitar.
And heaven us the musicians using sounds from other musicians LP's for mixes for their music.
Can't forget Shakespeare using other writing for his inspiration.

highplainsdem

(61,789 posts)
7. i asked if you would recommend people get an AI-written book you knew was AI-written, and that
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 06:04 PM
59 min ago

you knew had errors because the reviews pointed out it had errors. That's equivalent to the AI videos on that YouTube channel. Which are done to make money, and which take attention and money away from people who care about the subjects of their videos and don't use AI.

At the very least, please check the YouTube comments and let DUers know that a video you're posting is AI-generated and the YouTube comments point out some errors. The AI videos on that channel don't seem as atrocious as some I've seen (I checked some more), but according to YouTube comments on those videos, there are a lot of pronunciation errors, locations being shown on the entirely wrong place on maps, and video and photos showing something other than what they're supposed to show.

I'll always choose real writers, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists and actors over AI fraud and plagiarism. The creatives I've known have nothing against helpful tech. But there are very few creatives who are okay with the theft of the world's intellectual property that's the only reason genAI has any value at all.

Posting AI slop is an insult to every real creative out there. GenAI isn't a tool for artists - it's a fraud generator, built on theft, designed for pretense.

And heaven us the musicians using sounds from other musicians LP's for mixes for their music.


If they sample too much, they can and will and should be sued for it, sometimes paying millions.

I can't believe you're comparing AI slop to Shakespeare.
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