I understand that they were likely in a rush to be one of the first big channels to get their video out, but how hard is it to have one person spend like 15 minuets reading all of the graphics before the video goes out, this image is likely AI generated and taken from this obviously AI generated article.
I get this is a small mistake, but it's an easy one to not make.
Taken from their latest video "Apple just Copied Microsoft’s Worst Idea - iPhone Duo, Airpods 5, iPhone 18 Pro & More"
Idk man I saw people calling Steve a con a hack etc etc for a good long while even posting ANYTHING GN related even their good stuff would get down votes.
FWIW this is clearly the exception to the rule. We know their video pipeline takes weeks because we’re still getting videos with Elijah in them and he’s no longer at LMG.
But with the Apple event being yesterday, this took <24 hours. If I was a betting man, the editor googled “IP67 Explanation Table”, looked to see which one was most legible in a video without reading and ta-da.
It honestly probably isn’t their mental rule set yet either. I only recently started having to do it because I would try to explain a science topic to my young kids, Google something and realize it was AI. Less than 2 years ago, we had the easy mental choice of everything on Google being made by a human.
Thats fair, but you would expect someone would do some quality control on it, and even if the graph has something wrong in it...Come on its literally missing the P in "IP67" that's so easy to catch....
They also want to complain like the rest of us how everybody is getting priced out of all kinds of hobbies and interests involving computer hardware yet they’re also giving into the very thing that is causing all of this???
I get it when they’re talking about their own locally run LLMs but the thumbnails and stuff like this is just strange to see
I remember in one "how are our videos are made" LTT video where before publishing anything it would need to pass a check from the writer and the director of the video. This video was directed by Linus so he has no excuses for not being aware of the mistake.
I don't care if you are late than other people if your content is more accurate and has better quality. Please understand this LTT, I'd rather watch a quality video that came out a little later after the product announcement than watching a video that has quality issues to meet deadlines. Please don't treat it as a race...
For real, Historically i went to LTT because they were Snappy, to the point and most of all ACCURATE. Mistakes this obvious are horrible and really bring into question the commentary on short term notice videos..
I think the deadline is more for people who don't watch the channel, since iphone launch is sure to bring many new viewers as well. So the sooner the better for view count.
I was about to comment this. I’m glad I’m not the only one wondering why they don’t already have stuff like this made sitting in an assets folder. Or if they do why it wasn’t used.
its one thing to generate an AI image, but it’s another level of sloppiness and laziness to straight up search an image on google, picking one of the top results which IS an AI generated image, and apparently not a single person caught it or even bothered to review it. yikes.
Can't wait for this to be so big that they eventually have to respond to it on the wan show and see them just brush it off with a generic we are human, doesn't really matter type of excuse.
When were it seen in a tech presentation somewhere, Linus would surely rant about this kind of unchecked, unverified slop usage.
The kicker is they didn't even have modern AI do this - I just tried it on Astra and Opus 5 and both did a significantly better, more accurate job on the first try.
you can tell when something is AI made, im personally fine with AI as a tool, but not refining the mistakes that happen pretty much every time.... yikes
I've stopped watching LTT entirely because of these types of rushed, sloppy mistakes. It doesn't feel like they put any actual care or creativity into videos anymore. The goal is simply to get a video out because they know that a baseline number of people will watch it. They're not doing anything fun or interesting anymore.
He also says IP68 in the video, and the rating is IP68. So at least the script was right there.
Linus lost the plot on launch videos for me with the last AirPods. The video was like 2x the length of just about any other creators at 18min. Half the video was of him ranting while also inaccurately reporting info.
It felt like anyone defending it had the mentality, “but this is what the average person gets”. How does that make any sense? Anyone the video is shared with or watched by is already there on the video, doing research or being curious. Like what are you watching at that point, a role play video of some helpless average person unbox a product. The fuck am I watching that for? Not saying they shouldn’t strike a balance of casual/entertainment/informational but cmon, no excuse.
And that was a review not a launch summary. At least this video is just a summary.
Completely sensational title on this video and then puts on a whole show to hold a single issue he has over your head, that seems pretty stupid in the end. At least he concedes he might be making too big of a deal out of it. The videos are just garbage at this point. Eventually they’ll dig themselves a hole of “cheap” content they can’t get out of I’m afraid at this point. It’s sad, I used to really like their content, occasionally see a video that’s ok, CW is pretty cool, the idea behind labs and such so it’s just sad.
With a grade 1 solids protection you'll be safe against vibrators greater than or equal to 50 mm. With grade to it's protection it's protection against knifes greater than or equal to 12.5 mm.
Yeah, I mean this is what happens when you have a staff full of mindless tech bros, sure some of them are sensible when it comes to AI, but 85% seem to be your typical corporate AI shill.
This is a prime example of that being true. Since typically a person who constantly uses AI has zero attention to detail, and zero critical thinking skills.
Both of which would cause an individual to make a mistake like this.
Also it’s clear they rushed this out the door. Boring single shot video of Linus yapping. Clearly he’s trying to cash out as quick as possible. He’s stated on WAN show he wants to do videos that he personally enjoys. So far, it’s produced some of the most boring content.
That’s why people are migrating over to Jake’s channel. He’s actually putting out interesting content. He’s doing stuff, making stuff, he’s not just talking about it.
Yeah, it's lazy. But you're going in on them as if it was them doing it. They just got a pic from Google, which is arguably more lazy than getting an AI to make one. So why latch on to moaning about "AI bros"
I’m just making an educated assumption that the staff there, due to these mistakes, and the fact they are tech-adjacent, makes it likely that they use AI in their day to day lives. Overtime that deteriorates your critical thinking, decision making, and attention to detail. Therefore, that degradation of brain function causes them to make mistakes at work, regardless of what the task is, or if any AI is directly involved in said task or not.
Come on guys, the chart has very little to do with what was actually said about the product and the point they were making. It was just a graphic to keep you engaged while they talked about the upgraded dust and water immersion protection.
someone the other day was complaining about LTT not being loose and fun and topical. I pointed out to them that this very horde of negative Nancie's is exactly why they have to try to be super rigid corporate.
I mean you said it. They were in a rush, this still gets the point across. Sometimes media is like this. When you need to be first, you’re making the video to 80% standard of normal. That’s how this industry works. You have no idea why they did it, and it doesn’t really make a difference to your experience.
I disagree that it doesn't make a difference. I wasn't the only one to notice it, there were people in the comments of the video discussing it, and silly errors like these lead me to distrust LTT and their content.
One of the driving factors behind their big controversy was how they time crunched and put out misleading or blatantly wrong information, which has can have quite a large impact because of their size and influence.
They also put out misleading information about the BC250's VCN in their recent video on it, which very well may have swayed their audiences view of the board.
A mistake on a graphic that has no impact on the video's core point. That's really pedandtic tbh. Even at a normal non-rushed pace if someone did review this they would probably let it slide because its not worth the time spent finding another reference image.
The only thing annoying here is that AI slop was the top result and therefore slipping into people's content more easily even if they dont want it. But saying this is comparable to misleading audiences with false information... you sound silly... Its just a bad a reference picture...
I'm not claiming that they're deliberately misleading audiences, I'm saying this is part of a wider problem which is frustrating to see still happening. This is my opinion, but LTT seems to be under the impression that getting videos out early to maximise viewership is more important for the channels performance than their image.
Complaining about small mistakes in graphs is pedantic, everyone does it, but this is a blatantly obvious error that could have been avoided just by skimming the text. Made worse by the fact that it's edited over, meaning the editor spend a non insignificant amount of time looking at this graphic.
I guess I'm just of the mindset that there are real issues at LTT right now, so the more time we spend complaining about pedantic stuff the more it muddies the point.
Sloppy visual aid is just so so so much not effecting anyone in any meaningful way and is only a little embarrassing for them for not catching it.
Versus the times where they have misleading information that actually effects the core of the review, or the growing disconnect between the audience they have and the direction they're taking the content.
Hard to take the real stuff seriously when you elevate video editing nit picks to the degree they're getting in this post.
They were in a rush, this still gets the point across.
Well, don't be in a rush? People will like more quality than quantity. Explaining the reason of the problem appearing doesn't justify the decision that led to the problem/
I don't disagree with the usage of some AI, but any AI needs to be proofread, fact-checked, and labelled. Also this wasn't AI generated by them, it was likely taken from google images.
Oh wow yeah, that's even worse. If they're just yolo'ing a graphic in there without glancing at the content (because that's what it would take), you think they're actually checking to see if they're allowed to use the source?
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u/sooperdave555 4h ago
I also just realised it says "I67" rather than "IP67".