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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2025
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I’ve stopped watching YouTube shorts because of this, and the removal of the downvote count makes it harder to tell.
Why would you ever watch shorts in the first place? First thing I did when they appeared was make a ublock filter to hide them.
Considering a lot of the full YouTube videos are full of padding, taking over ten minutes to get to the point, I can understand why the shorts would have appeal.
Problem is one way or another people are being incentivized to target a specific runtime regardless of whether they have the material to fit.
I just skip those. There's almost always a better one that was easy to find.
"Stay tuned for part 2"