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AI-generated content floods YouTube, threatening folk music traditions

By PulseAugur Editorial · [4 sources] ·

Users are expressing frustration with the proliferation of AI-generated content on YouTube, particularly concerning traditional music. Searches for instruments like the tin whistle are now dominated by AI-generated videos that present a-historical and often offensive material. This trend is seen as an active attack on genuine folk music and dance traditions, making it difficult to find authentic human performances. AI

IMPACT AI-generated content is overwhelming platforms like YouTube, potentially distorting cultural heritage and making it difficult to access authentic human creations.

RANK_REASON User commentary on the impact of AI on content platforms.

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AI-generated content floods YouTube, threatening folk music traditions

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    (... continued) Fake music, fake history, faked origins of the music, all combine to pervert the real human history and origins of our folk/traditional music. I

    (... continued) Fake music, fake history, faked origins of the music, all combine to pervert the real human history and origins of our folk/traditional music. It also means that it is next to impossible to keep track of the latest videos of actual human beings playing the tin whi…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    (... continued) Fake music, fake history, faked origins of the music, all combine to pervert the real human history and origins of our folk/traditional music. I

    (... continued) Fake music, fake history, faked origins of the music, all combine to pervert the real human history and origins of our folk/traditional music. It also means that it is next to impossible to keep track of the latest videos of actual human beings playing the tin whi…

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    (... continued) I used to laud the fact that Youtube enabled folk/traditional music to come onto its platform without undue restrictions. That day is long-gone.

    (... continued) I used to laud the fact that Youtube enabled folk/traditional music to come onto its platform without undue restrictions. That day is long-gone. There was already a growing trend of fake pap appearing, often flaunting racist ethnology, but the use LLms (so-called …

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    A bit of a thread (and, yes, a rant)... I did a search today on Youtube for "tin whistle" and got around 50 long videos of obvious AI slop posted over the previ

    A bit of a thread (and, yes, a rant)... I did a search today on Youtube for "tin whistle" and got around 50 long videos of obvious AI slop posted over the previous 24 hours; and probably more that I didn't immediately recognise as such. A deluge of a-historical drivel that is an …

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