What in the everloving F U C K

Yeah, so, AI slop channels are (as we've all seen) on the rise. Producing content by automating as much of the video creation process as possible in order to get money as cynically and flaccidly as possible.

It is, of course, not enough for these channels to coast along on doing basically little more than creating glorified slideshows; they've now taken to attacking other (actual) content creators to bully them and leech revenue.

How do they do this? They abuse YouTube's famously lazy, hands-off copyright claiming system by saying that a piece of media in the video (typically artwork or a footage clip) is theirs. YouTube automatically assumes this is true and copyright strikes the video. The result of this strike varies. If the video is monetised, because the person makes a living from their content, money now goes to the AI channel. Perhaps the video is blocked in certain countries. Perhaps multiple copyright strikes are levied against a creator in succession, to get their channel banned. Perhaps it's simply to inconvenience and stress them while they work to get the strike overturned.

The whole thing is foul. It's a swarm of talentless hacks who, not satisfied with the revenue they get from doing fuck all, are trying to parasitise from and harm hardworking people, often people who they've stolen information from in the first place for their shitty AI models.

So, then, who are these channels involved in this particular event?

Imperial Iterator is the AI slop channel; a spineless, cynical little cretin who runs their sham of a lore channel through a channel management agency in Los Angeles. They pump out AI-generated scripts in an AI-generated voice whilst taking money from more deserving people. Just constant dogshit content being passed off as media. This person/people are actual trash. Block them, blacklist them, report them for spam, reject them.

Oculus Imperia is... Oculus Imperia. A longstanding, respected and high quality 40k lore channel run by an extremely lovely and hardworking guy. His videos are easy to listen to, thoughtful, and well-researched. Great for both active listening and throwing on when you're doing something. I highly recommend subscribing to him if you haven't already. Like his videos, if you like them. He and his channel are a delight all round.