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YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without warning or permission

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296 points jakub_g | 5 comments | 24 Aug 25 10:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jszymborski ◴[24 Aug 25 12:39 UTC] No.45003810[source]▶
So I feel like article doesn't address the "why" of it all. Why auto AI upscale?
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1. fcpguru ◴[24 Aug 25 13:32 UTC] No.45004133[source]▶
Boost visual quality, which improve viewer retention. So, money. I've tried many times to get a short with retention > 90% that is, 90% of viewers watch all the way to end. That's the key to going super viral. Very hard to do. I've had many shorts get around 75% and about 1k views but then die. Maybe I need some AI!
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2. avasan ◴[25 Aug 25 03:30 UTC] No.45009930[source]▶
Is the visual quality really boosted? It seems to give a very distinctive, almost uncanny-valley look to the video.
3. tovej ◴[25 Aug 25 07:11 UTC] No.45011149[source]▶
AI upscale does not improve quality imo, I'd much prefer to watch grainy vhs originals to AI upscaled ones that insert weird shapes in the image.

This is especially bad in animation, where the art gets visibly distorted.

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4. justsomehnguy ◴[25 Aug 25 07:26 UTC] No.45011237[source]▶
There are people out there who can vote and can (sometimes) buy and drink alcohol and who never used VHS in any capacity.

And a new generation what is trained on a constantly enabled face filters and 'AI'-upscaled slop is already here.

5. hulitu ◴[25 Aug 25 10:25 UTC] No.45012315[source]▶
> Boost visual quality

So to make edible stuff from shit.