Kurzgesagt: AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel [video]

The stunning revelation in the video was that Kurz tried using AI to write a script about Brown Dwarf stars. Kurz have a robust fact-checking process with multiple independent experts, and about 20% of the 'facts' in the AI script couldn't be verified by Kurz staff from the listed sources. When the script was given to independent experts, these experts identified the exact same suspect facts, which the AI seemed to have made up in order to fulfill the general expectations of the script. Kurz ultimately shelved the AI script.

Kurz later observed that another creator on YouTube published a well-edited video about Brown Dwarfs that received a fair bit of viewership. Only Kurz were completely horrified to find that it incorporated the very 'facts' about Brown Dwarves that Kurz had determined were AI hallucinations. It was clear that the other YouTube creator had used AI at some point in the process of script writing, but failed to identify and remove the hallucinations and the video was becoming a prominent source of public information about the topic.

I think maybe the worry about the slop is overdone? I know it's out there but usually stop watching after about 3 seconds on youtube.