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Every week I get multiple comments from YouTube viewers who think that I am not a real person, but an AI generated character.
What can I do in my next episode that will lay this weird conspiracy theory to rest?
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@randahl This calls for a Bugs Bunny polemic
@randahl I would say you can't, and there's no point in trying. It would be a pointless distraction.
The poor writing in your example suggests someone who's not well educated, or at least not challenged in their education to make more effort. It's lazy, and suggests lazy thinking. You can't do much for lazy thinkers. They have to participate in the effort, and they're clearly unwilling or unable to.
@randahl lean into it, claim to not be AI but a lizard man in a human suit.
@randahl just show that you don't have six fingers :)
@randahl make up some new words (preferably obscene) on the show, like "Putin is a cuntwaffle"
@randahl
You can tell them that with the greatest respect, they can fuck off.
That should do it.
You know you can never convince someone of the truth if they really want the lie to be true.
Emotions have been around longer and intelligence is on top of it, so emotions rule. Always has.
@randahl
Maybe have some sections where you aren't using a green screen? You did a video out in nature once, maybe more of that? Doesn't have to be nature, could be your office, garden, patio...
I'm not saying make entire videos like that, use the green screen when you need to show some graphics or a video clip, but then cut back to nature/office when it's just you talking.
But that's just me guessing that the green screen is what triggers people AI spider senses. It could be your Danish accent as well, or sounding too rehearsed.
But I'm just guessing, I might be completely off.
(Joking: Or just drop all professionalism and to an unscripted video from the bathroom 🤣).
@randahl I settled with "just don't read comments on YouTube" 10 years ago.
@randahl As you talk, nonchalantly hold your microphone so everyone can see that your hand has a 6th finger. And then halfway through your vid, bite off this 6th finger and spit it into a jar that's full of other fingers.
Maybe too much?
@randahl Could it be the Danish accented English they think is artificial? Try adopting the terrible English that former Norwegian prime minister and NATO general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, is infamous for here. Tou can probably find some examples online - no one will believe that is made by AI… 😆
@randahl I’d put a disclaimer on the screen at the beginning that states that AI was not used, like the way disclaimers sometimes state that no animals were hurt filming something.
Some people might not believe it, but at least those that are wondering will know.
Off the top of my head...
Do an extra episode reading all the troll comments? If you have a dog or other alternate-species friend, film their responses. Or if you have any non-alternate-species friends willing to appear on camera.
As a possible evidence point, if you were AI-generated you would probably appear on the YT front page eventually, but you don't...
I am starting to wonder whether part of the reason you don't get recommended to me by YT is that I have blocked so many politics-adjacent channels. Initially this was because they were fascist trash, so that seemed less likely, but then I had to block a few nominally pro-democrat channels who were too exaggerated, repetitive, and clickbaity to be worth considering.
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In the last couple of weeks there has been a plague of very wise looking older presenters with the same grade of greying hair and exactly the same thumbnail colours, typography and often basic images, all serenely explaining why Trump is dead in the water.
If they had less normal haircuts they might be believably real, almost.
Anyway, blocking them might not be helping either.
@electropict you should be able to force me into your feed by subscribing and then using the 🔔 icon to ask for ALL notifications. If you do not use the bell, YouTube might react to your blocking of political channels in general.
I'm sure. And I imagine that ... unless somehow you're only visible to subscribers ... just watching one of your videos on the same browser instance/same cookie set would produce results.
However, subscribing does rather mean giving some level of identifiable information to Google. 💀
Change your haircut.
Try to adopt a different accent.
@randahl maybe some "cut scenes" during the intro. You appearing outdoors...
Other than that. Just ignore the comments. You know you're not an AI, that's enough.
There'll always be people who don't believe and don't want to believe whatever you say or do. Moonlanding. Flat earth. Impossible to prove a negative. It could be baiting too.
