YouTube: Moistcritikal/WikiMedia CommonsYouTube star MoistCr1TiKaL has hit out at the platform’s expanded use of AI in moderation tools after CEO Neal Mohan defended it.
With YouTube being the size of platform that it is, having humans moderate videos, comments, and everything else in between would be an impossible task. The platform has turned to AI as an assistant, with the artificial intelligence flagging content that might be in violation of the terms of service.
This has created a headache for many YouTubers, with bans being struck down out of the blue by AI. When creators have appealed these bans, it has taken quite some time to get looked at by a human.
Speaking with Time Magazine after being named Time’s CEO of the Year, YouTube’s Neal Mohan stated that the AI tools are improving “literally every week.” He also said that AI will help create a new generation of YouTubers.
MoistCr1TiKaL urges YouTube to stop letting AI ban channels
That statement has drawn plenty of backlash, including from MoistCr1TiKaL, who stated that YouTube shorts have been feeding viewers “nonsense, trash” videos from AI, calling it a “bleak future” if AI takes over, and that it should be “illegal” for AI to ban a channel.
“AI should never be able to be the judge, jury, and executioner. It should never have the ability to terminate a channel. There is no world where that makes sense for YouTube to just give the keys to the kingdom over to AI where it will ban people,” he said.
“If it wants to use AI for moderation, it should only be able to flag channels internally and then put that up the ladder for a human being to look at. But, Neal seems to have a different vision in mind.”
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As for AI tools creating a generation of creators, similar to the “golden age” of YouTube, Moist believes it is actually the “antithesis” of that.
“When you have these tools and make it so accessible to people to squeak out 30 seconds worth of AI drivel on Shorts and do that 40 times a day, that’s what you will get – just AI slop,” he added.
“We haven’t seen anything positive on YouTube as a result of these AI tools that Neal speaks so highly of. They’re a f**king scourge right now,” he added.
Moist also pointed to the ongoing story with Pokémon YouTuber SplashPlate being banned by AI for uploading his own videos after they were reuploaded by a separate channel.
“I imagine Neal would have no problem stepping down and letting AI run YouTube at some point, am I right, Neal? It is a problem. In his interview, where all of this stems from, it really highlights just how delusional this company is under the leadership of Neal,” he added.