Ask HN: How do you avoid AI slop on YouTube?

These days I don't find it hard to run into AI generated videos on YouTube. I really mind this because I'm trying to find real information on topics - or at least someone who claims to be any kind of authority on a subject. But what I often run into is pure AI hallucination.

One such example is fake mental health videos. An instance:

"7 Dangerous Places Carl Jung Says You Must Avoid to Stay Mentally Strong" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUdOVB-DQw

188k views, name recognition for credibility, but if you search for "7 Dangerous Places Carl Jung" on the Internet, Carl Jung didn't seem to have point out 7 of such places actually. But on YouTube, there at least 9 very similarly titled and thumbnailed video, from different channels, and different 7 of such places actually too!

So... how do you react to this phenomenon? Are you impacted by it? Might be that you haven't noticed it, or didn't seek out content that I have seen faked, like indigenous stories, space videos, psychology topics?

5 points | by npteljes 1 day ago

7 comments

  • throwaway843 1 day ago
    Just don't watch YouTube.

    Everything became junk when primed for 10-12, or 26-30 minutes - a race to the bottom. AI's a further nail into what YT was.

  • marconey 22 hours ago
    The best change I made on YouTube was to turn ‘Watch History’ and ‘Search History’ off

    With no history the algorithm can’t populate the Home tab or the Shorts tab and they are blank

    I just rely on the Subscriptions tab and searching

  • gneuron 1 day ago
    Subscribe to channels you trust, go to subscriptions tab first and foremost
  • minimaxir 1 day ago
    Curate your feed.
  • viraptor 1 day ago
    Downvote what you clicked on accidentally. Otherwise... maybe just don't click on things that are obvious buzzfeed style bait? I mean, "N dangerous X" is such a common listicle spam that unless you know the author beforehand, why would you check it out? It's most likely going to be bad quality, AI or not.
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    • mmmlinux 1 day ago
      you can also go in to your history and delete things which seems to help accidental watches.
  • colesantiago 14 hours ago
    Don't watch youtube?
  • shahbaby 1 day ago
    If I see AI slop, I block the channel