YouTube Tests Auto-Generated Video Summaries Because Humans Clearly Aren’t Enough

Cross-eyed YouTube Can’t Do Its Homework, Turns to AI for Help

In a futile attempt to feign relevance, YouTube is testing auto-generated video summaries with the help of its pet AI. Some might fancy this as cutting-edge technology, I see it as them shying away from real work. The lazy bum’s notes have started gaudily parading on the watch and search pages – for a tiny fraction of English-language videos and viewers only. YouTube’s excuse is that the AI auto-generated summaries provide… Well, who knows what they provide, they didn’t finish their sentence.

Possible Consequences of a Dipstick Decision

As for implications, I suppose the most notable is that YouTube can now run its bandwidth-guzzling platform with even less human input. Great job, chaps. You’ve managed to automate the process of distilling creativity and effort into a few misspelled sentences, potentially destroying authentic interaction. I guess we can look forward to a future of bot-generated summaries for all content, reflecting the shallow depths of AI’s comprehension skills.

“My Take on This Goof-up”

As for my personal feelings of this development – I couldn’t give a monkey’s. YouTube’s seemingly ceaseless race towards complete automation is perfect for its audience; full of nimwits who spew nonsense in the comments section would love to chat with a bot. The plus side? Maybe the AI will do a better job summarizing the often incoherent ramblings of the creators than human brain could manage. Who knows, it might level the playing field since now everyone on YouTube will sound equally inept.

Original article:https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/01/youtube-experiments-with-ai-auto-generated-video-summaries/