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Ocelot II

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4. You beat me to it!

Reply to tinrobot (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:56 AM

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At least we should caution people to look carefully at any source, especially YouTube, for indications that the material is AI before posting. YouTube in particular is just lousy with AI slop lately. Voices and likenesses can be copied and morphed into a production that looks pretty real but is completely phony. We all have to be more discerning before pouncing on something that satisfies our confirmation bias.

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We need to add an alert for AI Slop/Misinformation [View all] tinrobot Wednesday OP

I'll go one step further GusBob Wednesday #1

Can all jury members determine AI slop? leftstreet Wednesday #2

A lot of it is tagged "synthetic" by YouTube. tinrobot Wednesday #5

It's even worse with historical videos bucolic_frolic Wednesday #3

You beat me to it! Ocelot II Wednesday #4

It can't be done EarlG Wednesday #6