Unreliable library of human knowledge

Kurzgesagt, popular for illustrative explainer videos on YouTube, describes the current situation with generative AI slop. There is a flood of random, fake videos on the rise.

It is all fun and games at first, but when there is no way to distinguish between fake and real online, this useful internet thing turns into something else.

Watch below:

It’s impossible to say where this ends, but it doesn’t seem like we’re headed to a good place. I’m sticking with reality.

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