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YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without warning or permission

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296 points jakub_g | 4 comments | 24 Aug 25 10:37 UTC | HN request time: 1.22s | source
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lolc ◴[25 Aug 25 05:39 UTC] No.45010577[source]▶
> "You know, YouTube is constantly working on new tools and experimenting with stuff," Beato says. "They're a best-in-class company, I've got nothing but good things to say. YouTube changed my life."

My despondent brain auto-translated that to: "My livelihood depends on Youtube"

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01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[25 Aug 25 07:11 UTC] No.45011147[source]▶
xkcd 2015 closer than you think due to the magical technology of money https://xkcd.com/2015/
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yogorenapan ◴[25 Aug 25 08:38 UTC] No.45011643[source]▶
Wow, that xkcd really scares me. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. It's definitely something that could realistically happen in the near future, maybe even mandated by the EU
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1. Dilettante_ ◴[25 Aug 25 12:00 UTC] No.45012904[source]▶
Google People[1] vibes

[1]https://qntm.org/perso

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2. sixothree ◴[25 Aug 25 14:37 UTC] No.45014349[source]▶
What am I looking at? Is this a transcript of a real thread formatted in a flat manner? Or is this fiction?
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3. Dilettante_ ◴[25 Aug 25 15:33 UTC] No.45014972[source]▶
What I want to say for fun is: "Oooohhhh who knooowsss?"

But serious discussion demands the truth: It is fiction, in the style of a twitter thread.

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4. sixothree ◴[25 Aug 25 20:07 UTC] No.45018379{3}[source]▶
Like the part about the birthdate is supposed to be humor maybe? But Google already knows how old you are.

That's why I think it's funny that they claim they will now be "using AI" to determine if someone is an adult and able to watch certain youtube videos. Google already knows how old you are. It doesn't need a new technique to figure out that you're 11 years old or 39 years old. They're literally just pretending to not know this information.