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Dwedityesterday at 8:51 PM1 replyview on HN

I think the "weird AI processing" might have been someone misunderstanding a compression codec. When laypeople see anything advanced, it's always called AI no matter what it actually is, and that's the word that spreads around.


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650REDHAIRtoday at 3:26 AM

I’m not going to dox my YT channels, but I do know the difference between the two and a year ago YT admitted to automatic AI “enhancements”.

I’ve also seen the trend of TV clip slop using AI filters to I assume get by automatic copyright flagging/removal/de-monetization.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using...