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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ive never even heard of him before.. lol

I assume his target audience is ipad-equipped kids under 15?

In that case an ai generated video would probably gain the same viewership...

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I assume his target audience is ipad-equipped kids under 15?

You'd be correct.

[–] Rhodin@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I have children in his target audience and still never heard of this guy.

[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 1 points 2 years ago

ipad-equipped kids under 15

They're called redditors

[–] Ace0fBlades@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Per the article; YouTube in question is Jordi Van Den Bussche, aka Kwebbelkop

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He does that stuff in the vids

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

My favorite thing about YouTube "celebrities" is no matter who they are no one knows who they are lol

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, well, low-effort copy&paste "journalism" is the easiest "job" to replace with AI. Thanks for proving that point, random YouTuber.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So instead of barely “working” for a living, he wants to not at all work for a living.

Hey, if he can make ad revenue off idiots who are willing to consume his drek, good for him.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Weird Al? I'll allow it. Weird Al is a national treasure.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's it say? I'm stuck at the paywall.

[–] StringPotatoTheory@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alternate article link

He has 15 million subs on youtube (his last video to reach 1 million views was 4 months ago). He made an AI that cloned his voice (it's not 100% accurate) and makes an AI vtuber-like cartoon webcam of himself? It's very bad. Using the Return Youtube Dislike plugin, the video has 1.5k likes and 13k dislikes.

He says he has a waitlist of 500 influencer friends that want to try this AI of his, but he's not giving them access "until the cost of creating new videos drops to an economical level".

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 3 points 2 years ago

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[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

This is how businessmen really think...

[–] VITecNet@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I've learned in this post that Lemmy people doesn't upvote anything...

[–] mPony@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's horribly disrespectful of your audience to think they would accept such a garbage imitation.

I guess we'll have to raise an entire generation on nothing but garbage so they won't know any better.

[–] djsaskdja@endlesstalk.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m sure plenty of people would if they were still compensated for their work.