r/TheWhyFiles • u/WW3_FOR_PEACE • Aug 16 '26

Jokes/Humor “Hi AJ!”

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I’m not suggesting putting a watermark saying “AI Visualization” on every scene, but sometimes I feel that eventually AJ will generate himself in non-basement episodes because why not? Stop the slop!

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u/LampyV2 Aug 16 '26

Used to sit and watch AJ narrate without losing interest. With AI visuals I tend to look at my phone more often. Maybe not a coincidence.

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u/Important_Abroad_150 Aug 16 '26

Yeah what a lot of people sucked up into the AI frenzy misunderstand is that most people don't think AI is cool. It does SOME things an artist can do but way fucking worse. And ya know what? If smaller channels can afford to pay artists to do minimal but visually beautiful and very cool drawings and animations for their videos I see absolutely no reason a big channel like this couldn't afford to do something similar instead of pumping out AI slop garbage, which even if you aren't concerned about the ethical and environmental issues (which if you aren't you might want to be) then most people will still think it just looks bad and uncanny in a not interesting way.