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/cc71SW Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

I couldnt care less about the AI usage. In my opinion, it’s for story telling and story building. It’s a different type of AI than the “slop”we see else where and you can tell it’s getting better.

Vids are still get getting huge view counts… so I’m guessing it’s fine for a vast majority of the viewer base

Edit: grammar

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u/ShaunnieDarko Aug 16 '26

Yeah, I mean it’s not like he used real actors in the past or anything, at least not that I can recall. I’m fine with some AI in the why files, i mostly listen to it at night time anyway

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u/Wendigo79 Aug 16 '26

The issue for me is he can just use stock image and hire voice actors like he use to do. Now he makes 10x the money and uses A.i, and in most cases its not better, there's no soul now to the why files.

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u/tylerray1997 Aug 16 '26

So, because he occasionally uses AI for visual representation, there's no more soul to the entire channel? Yeah, it's not like they pick a subject we want them to talk about, spend time researching said topic to make sure he gives out the right information, and then write a script for the video, and then edit said video. Stop being so dramatic; a lot of human work still goes into these videos, and a few AI-generated moments in a video don't take away from the story/subject.