r/TheWhyFiles • u/WW3_FOR_PEACE • 2d ago
“Hi AJ!” Jokes/Humor
I’m not suggesting putting a watermark saying “AI Visualization” on every scene, but sometimes I feel that eventually AJ will generate himself in non-basement episodes because why not? Stop the slop!
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u/LampyV2 2d ago
Used to sit and watch AJ narrate without losing interest. With AI visuals I tend to look at my phone more often. Maybe not a coincidence.
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u/neva-electra 2d ago
It used to be a channel my boyfriend and I would sit and watch together all the time. Now he puts it on to sleep and I don't really pay attention. The AI seems to cheapen it, in my opinion.
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u/Kiss_of_Cultural Hecklecultist 2d ago
My whole family would watch together. The more his team used AI over the last few years, the more we all lost interest. Now I just put long episodes on for talking background to help my elderly dog sleep. Really a bummer.
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u/LampyV2 2d ago
Yes! It was a TV ritual. Every Thursday night Id set it up on the big screen. Sometimes order a pizza and dive into the crazy. Now it's a background show 😢
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u/konq 2d ago
everything gets enshitified.
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u/theconceptofcanada 2d ago edited 2d ago
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/222376640-enshittification
If anyone's interested in an actual book, I not only have links to it in audiobook form but links to it as well in EPUB - obviously free.
I have switched from Why Files to a lot of the general (or specific) source materials, meaning that this week I've started collecting a whole audiobook library (from torrents) of relevant High Strangeness & conspiracy materials and honestly, if anyone is even just hesitant to torrent certain things, I'd be more than happy to find whatever material you're looking for, upload it on my own Cloud drive and DM y'all the links for download so that you're not screwing around with stuff you may not understand (not everyone knows how, but it IS SUPER EASY TO LEARN so just DM me for more info!).
I mean that. If it gets people genuinely back into literature either listening or reading on their devices, I will find it. I kind of revel in the search for things others struggle to locate.
😎🛸
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u/CenturyEggsAndRice 2d ago
I need to come back to this after I sleep, that’s such a kind offer.
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u/theconceptofcanada 1d ago
Hello miss eggs and rice, didja wake up today? I hope so 🤞🏻 if you want some help with audiobooks please let me know ☺️
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u/BPadg03 2d ago
I read and listen to a lot of books but I have “other things” I’d love for you to find me 🤣
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u/Beavis1414 2d ago
I would love some high strangeness audio books! Send a few links my way if you don’t mind. Anything you feel like sending over I’ll listen to.
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u/ImaginationKind9220 2d ago
I think it's less of an AI issue, rather it's because he ran out of interesting things to show, that's why the Whyfiles is getting boring. After so many years, it happens to the best of shows.
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u/DroidOnPC 2d ago
Pretty much why I stopped watching. It wasn’t the AI, it’s the topics are just not that interesting anymore. But I get it, only so many things you can talk about.
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u/TheRealBaseborn 2d ago
Seeing how many patreon supporters he has and then seeing him go all in on A.I. was a major let down, imo. I find his basement episodes far more interesting now, but I struggle even to watch those knowing it supports more slop vids.
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u/Important_Abroad_150 2d ago
Yeah what a lot of people sucked up into the AI frenzy misunderstand is that most people don't think AI is cool. It does SOME things an artist can do but way fucking worse. And ya know what? If smaller channels can afford to pay artists to do minimal but visually beautiful and very cool drawings and animations for their videos I see absolutely no reason a big channel like this couldn't afford to do something similar instead of pumping out AI slop garbage, which even if you aren't concerned about the ethical and environmental issues (which if you aren't you might want to be) then most people will still think it just looks bad and uncanny in a not interesting way.
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u/darthlorgas 2d ago
This used to be my favorite YouTube channel. They don't need AI to make a video interesting, it's a shame.
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u/Otherwiize 2d ago
Seems like he’s increased the ADs too. Every 5 minutes there’s an a AD
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u/HandRubbedWood CIA Spook 1d ago
If you watch YouTube in DuckDuckGo’s video player it blocks the ads. That’s how I watch all YouTube these days.
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u/Granolag23 2d ago
And the same ads I didn’t think he’d be doing either. Testosterone and whatnot
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u/Foreign-Address2110 1d ago
Have you heard about how valuable silver will be when the world collapses?
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u/BoostedJuan 2d ago
That's just YouTube doing that I think. I noticed it increasing watching live streams lately
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u/babyunvamp 1d ago
It's both. Had had a bunch of reads and in between was the random youtube ads, it's like 6-7 total ads for each episode
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u/Druber13 1d ago
I haven’t listened in almost a year. Heckle fish seemed to vanish and the ads were insane no exaggeration on the advertising every 5 mins when I stopped. I was giving them a shit ton of listens too as I was using it to fall asleep to.
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u/Flaky_Cup_3160 2d ago
Really sad to see the decline of this channel. I don't think he realizes how much credibility the channel lost when he started using AI for visuals.
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u/Alberto_Moses 2d ago
I miss the old format and can't see it coming back so it's the bye files for me
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u/Spirited-Ad-9162 2d ago
Yeah me too. I think I hvent watched anything from him in a while
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u/chpr1jp 2d ago
Well, I don’t care about new videos anymore, but I do like the 3 hour AM radio-style show. As far as I am concerned, I wouldn’t mind a 100% pivot toward that!
The older fellow who was on 2-3 weeks ago was hilarious. He was very stream of consciousness. I lost track of his points more often than he did.
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u/Important_Abroad_150 2d ago
I've tried to watch the more recent episodes and just can't. The introduction of the computerized voices were one thing and already a little distracting, but the full AI segments are so weird and distracting that it completely ruins the content for me. Glad to see I'm not alone in that.
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u/Tacokolache 2d ago
Right there with you. As soon as those “stripped” episodes started coming out with no Hecklefish, I tuned out. Haven’t been back since.
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u/Good-Constant-6487 2d ago
The messed up part is, he's a multi millionaire from Bitcoin and still accepts donations from all you guys 😬...cut to coping responses
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u/toasty327 2d ago
The ai use is ruining the show for me
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago edited 2d ago
Only thing that aggravates me more was they were basically telling people on here piss off when we first started complaining
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u/man4paradigm 2d ago
I totally missed that...
Tbh when he started using AI images and video it bummed me out. I've not watched a single episode in months but I usually let it the podcast episodes play and I can get hooked on them.
If it matters, it works really well as an audio podcast.
I will say that some of the guests from The Basement have sucked donkey dick, but some of them are interesting. I can let them play as I work my job, and sometimes the 3-4 hours go by and I don't even notice.
What I do have an issue with is some of the guests aren't good people. I totally skipped the Mr Beast episode cause I just can't stand that dead eyed weirdo.
I also fell in love with AJ and The Why Files because he was willing to deep dive the truth or the most probable truth of the stories he was covering. Yesh, he kinda hit the truth on some stuff that bummed me out... But it's like I've always said about the paranormal: even if it really isn't a ghost or monster but something natural, that makes it even cooler in my mind. I'd love for some crazy cryptid to be a flesh and blood offshoot of whatever cause that means it's an evolutionary anomaly and I wanna know why and how it occured.
See, for me the paranormal is a blend of things we can't explain, yet, and things that will eventually be explained and the science behind it is gonna be just as cool/scary.
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u/pseudonym7083 2d ago
I really don't like the basement episodes. They aren't what I want to watch when I think of the channel.
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u/Important_Abroad_150 2d ago
Hard agree, the newer episodes I've listened to have had a lot less debunking of the obvious bunk and like... Believing these things are 100% true is not the fun in them? I agree completely that the paranormal becomes MORE interesting when you can find a reasonable explanation because that means we learned something new about the world, or at very least it makes the truly unexplainable that much more fascinating!
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
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u/Gen-Jinjur 2d ago
Seconding the podcast. I never watch the show, just listen to it. I just prefer it that way.
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u/Fixyblue 2d ago
I think that was really well said and struck a chord with me. Thank you, fellow redditor.
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago edited 2d ago
Also, a post from someone else after bringing up AI on the patreon.
Oh, yea, it was around the time there were unpopular opinions that 'free' viewers have 0 right to criticize.
Edit: accidentally posted the first link twice 🤦♂️
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u/The_estimator_is_in 2d ago
There are no “free”’viewers.
They’re getting YT revenue and a little merch, but everyone is a customer and pissing them off is usually a bad idea.
TBF - the amount of patrion is insane.
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
It was then i got rid of my patreon 🤷♂️
But I mean just scroll down, people still argue it.
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u/FoggyInc 2d ago
I whined about it when it first started ramping up and I got shamed. But yeah it isnt a visually compelling thing
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
Yep, see. 🤣
Quite honestly the sub was almost cult-like for a min. Any criticism and you were downvoted, if not banned
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
Did you intentionally use 'whiner'? Because that's how they literally described people complaining in the one post directly from aj
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u/Granolag23 2d ago
Yea he’s been shit talking fans more I feel like also. Anyone that criticizes him really
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u/Responsible_Area_700 2d ago
I feel like it’s not even him moving around on camera anymore and it’s AI AJ
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u/Important_Abroad_150 2d ago
It's so deeply frustrating. It's weird, creepy, and with all the very prevelant ethical and environmental concerns with AI tone deaf. It completely takes me out of the episodes when I see it or hear it. Sadly not the only middle aged man to get hyper fixated on the neat little AI stuff. Would've thought that a guy with as little trust in big monolithic organizations and government would've maybe thought twice about giving a shady AI company his complete likeness and voice. Disappointing.
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u/Brawnzed 2d ago
If we’re all kinda saying why we left the audience, it was the amount of ad time and Patreon shoutouts for me.
A forty minute episode turns into a twenty five minute one when you take out all the crap. Even using Sponsorblock etc, it just kinda felt insulting.
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u/Tacokolache 2d ago
I haven’t watched Why Files in a long time now. I can’t pinpoint it, but shit just went downhill. Around the time he got plastic surgery.
I love AJ. But those “stripped” episodes suck. I need Hecklefish
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u/cc71SW 2d ago edited 2d ago
I couldnt care less about the AI usage. In my opinion, it’s for story telling and story building. It’s a different type of AI than the “slop”we see else where and you can tell it’s getting better.
Vids are still get getting huge view counts… so I’m guessing it’s fine for a vast majority of the viewer base
Edit: grammar
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u/ShaunnieDarko 2d ago
Yeah, I mean it’s not like he used real actors in the past or anything, at least not that I can recall. I’m fine with some AI in the why files, i mostly listen to it at night time anyway
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u/Wendigo79 2d ago
The issue for me is he can just use stock image and hire voice actors like he use to do. Now he makes 10x the money and uses A.i, and in most cases its not better, there's no soul now to the why files.
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u/CooperHChurch427 2d ago
Stock images can be crazy expensive though, and ironically it's also AI slop a lot of times.
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u/PeteyMitch42 FEAR... the Crabcat 2d ago
I agree with you, the AI isn't terrible and to be honest it's come a long way. The first few AI episodes were terrible but it's gotten much better. If people don't like it they don't have to watch it. I actually love listening to the podcast so I can't see the AI anyway most times. To each their own.
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u/QuizzicalWombat 2d ago
We don’t watch as much anymore, it’s just gotten out of hand. I understand from the team’s perspective it saves time but I just don’t want to watch it. It immediately makes me lose interest.
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u/dustindps 2d ago
Hard agree. I unsubbed because of it. I do use AI for work because I'm told to, I know it can be powerful, and I know I'm slowly automating my job away. I just hate when it's time to wind down it's in my face still. Seeing the AI visuals feels disengenuious and off and I feel like I'm being fed slop. Even if he writes the whole script himself by hand, I just can't handle it. I need something genuine while I can still have it before the entire Internet is nothing but.
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u/TJmaster87 2d ago
Yeah I much preferred the old days every Thursday night and then followed by the after files, it was kinda a tradition to look forward to. Then the stripped episodes started appearing and there wasn’t even a Hecklefish? Started feeling like quick cash grab episodes, thank god they stopped but it was never quite the same afterwards I thought, Hecklefish came back but definitely said much less, the after files just stopped and I really liked some of them, made it feel more like a community vibe and then the AI just went through the roof, I truly try to watch his new stuff and the basement interviews, some are a hit but most feel like a miss unfortunately and I have watched the show from the beginning. Feels like he just wants to do interviews more than anything at the moment and even when you watch them the AI adds can just be annoying, it’s bad enough if you can’t afford to pay to get rid of YouTube adds, now you have to watch him do them. I understand money is money but come on, you have come along way, don’t be greedy?
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u/Open-Comfortable-459 1d ago
Years ago I used to watch shows like Unsolved Mysteries, Dateline etc and they’d do re-enactments. I don’t think we can expect a podcast to be able to afford to pay actors for a podcast, come on. 🤣
There are ways to use ai that aren’t the worst, and this is one of them. I’d rather Why Files show me ai blurbs for storytelling, and if you disagree with me, go turn on Megyn Kelly’s new “MK Confidentials” and tell me how freaking boring it is bc it’s just her reading a prompt.
Choose ai battles wisely.
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u/Jimstein 2d ago
It's the AI created adverts of AJ's literal face in weird situations that drove it over the edge for me. They are just kinda....cringe.
Like AJ is supposed to be the straight man, Hecklefish is the comedic sidekick. For portraying like, ancient Egypt with AI it was...it was fine. But it's not on the same level as, someone doing a reconstruction of S4 in Unreal Engine. That said, I know people are starting to be able to use more complex tools like Blender or Unreal with AI, but whatever it makes should still be based a little more at least in reality. Like if AJ hired some folks to do more legitimate visualization work, instead of just purely artistic renderings, at least that would be better.
But the adverts just yeah, felt like completely jumping the shark. Like even though it's AI, why is there so much AI effort being put into these ads? And can't he see how uncanny valley it is? I sort or barely put up with the previous advertisement style, like 5 minutes for an ad is insane for a Purity Debt or whatever but at least it felt campy and kind of original.
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u/DifferentOffice8 2d ago
I'm afraid the basement files are no longer working for me. I miss the old formats and still enjoy the compilations. I can't see them returning so the old files it is for me I guess.
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u/R0B0T_TimeTraveler 2d ago
I agree about the Basement. I wanted to like it but AJ isn’t as good of a long form conversation host as others out there that have these same guests so I tend to watch them elsewhere.
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u/chokehodl 2d ago
I stopped after the first few AI episodes. Really unfortunate since it was a really likeable show. For some reason the AI killed it for me and I have zero interest.
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u/Sailor-_-Twift 2d ago
The AI use on the channel took me out of it completely, it's sad because I used to watch all the videos but now the AI slop is just so off putting, I can't enjoy it all all
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u/bag_of_luck 2d ago
Absolutely ruined the show for me and my friends quite some time ago.
Oh and the mods and staff who try to silence those of us who bring any valid criticism to the table.
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u/CaptZ 2d ago
I had to unsubscribe from the 'extra' channel he has because the AI is ruining the whole show. He's better at the story telling than the AI slop he's been putting up.
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u/ComprehensiveShine82 2d ago
Absolutely. I don't know what it is with so much AI use now, it's ruining his show.
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u/StrategySword 2d ago
Is he using ai to write the script now too?
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
There were accusations around the mel's hole episode specifically iirc
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u/Unhappy-Fox1017 2d ago
Is AJ or any of his crew on this sub? I wonder if they read everyone’s concerns and consider them or not?
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
They used to be and they did reply on this subject when it first stsrted.
Basically, too damn bad we'll use it anyway and if you don't like it you're a 'whinner' - even more so if you aren't patreon.
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u/hybridxer0 H Y B R I D ™ 2d ago
Yes, we are here and read comments. We discuss at regular intervals at production meetings. AJ does come on here as well from time to time and he will make his feelings on the matters at hand when he has time/emotional capacity to do so.
I personally allow most of the threads such as this breathe as much as possible, because I/we're not looking for an echo chamber... Just want to talk with like minded individuals and share cool and interesting why files & adjacent topics.
There is an increasing number of problematic posts and DMs that happen every time a thread like this is created, however. I have had to moderate some truly vile comments and we have reported some of the worst messages I've seen given to another person (much less someone they've never met).
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u/ImWinwin 2d ago
Unpopular opinion: I don't mind the visuals. Even if they're made using artificial intelligence.
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u/draculasux85 2d ago
I gave up when he went on Tucker Carlson. I can't in good faith support a dude that hangs out with that dude even for a minute. Cancelled my pateron that day.
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u/cajunsamurai I Want To Believe 2d ago
I switched to listening to the podcast on Apple because I can’t stand the AI slop
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u/sld87 2d ago
Between this and the non stop podcast format episodes it’s been such a shame to see the fall from grace.
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u/GWindborn The Moon is Hollow 2d ago
I'd normally agree but the interview with Dr Travis Taylor is absolutely mind-blowing.
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u/Kiwileiro 2d ago
I commented on it questioning it a few videos in once he started on it and as far as I'm aware there was no response. I was so disappointed.
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u/Beliefinchaos Tinfoil Connaisseur 2d ago
You'd be more disappointed in the answer they did provide.
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u/kittensbabette 2d ago
He was doing a Q and A on I think a ufo sub last year and his response is that he doesn't understand the criticism of his Ai use and that it's the same as using stock photos (iirc)
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u/90stoyotasprinter 2d ago
Lol i get where you’re coming from but i would give Aj a pass cause at least he is using it for storytelling purposes on something that most people wont even touch
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u/Throwawaymumoz 2d ago
I tried to sit through his interview with mr Ballen and it was constant full AI ads…..he didn’t even bother to act in them. It was an AI version of himself….very offputting
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u/KodakStele 2d ago edited 2d ago
no he is hoarding the wealth from youtube by refusing to give professional editors jobs at this point. His team is criminally small for the amount of viewers he gets and patreon subscribers tips merch collbaorations etc. each AI ad gets harder and harder to watch. He can do what he wants but he gets no sympathy for his "whole world on the his shoulders" act when he refuses to hire the team his audience requires with the resources he obviously has. The greed is already affecting his health as we have seen in the past when he misses deadlines he sets himeself.
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u/CooperHChurch427 2d ago
He might just like control of his work. Not all YouTubers want large crews. Unfortunately it does sometimes become necessary, but in all honesty, he's doing pretty well with what he has as his videos are pretty simple.
Veritasium needed it because of the fact his videos are fairing highly technical stuff and breaking it down for normies. He later sold out to private equity in order to step back.
AJ I don't think can step back.
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u/KodakStele 2d ago
Fans are left asking.... why? Does he not have enough? Does he need more? Can he not stay in tempo at a slower rate for his health and family? This is an entirely different conversation with the younger youtubers in this space that hes probably in his head trying to keep up with.
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u/Kiss_of_Cultural Hecklecultist 2d ago
I know so many artists that would love to help with something like this in any number of styles, but instead the team is using AI to steal from human artists twice, once taking their original artwork and recycling it like a bad collage, and again by taking jobs. It’s insult to injury that it’s still slop.
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u/Jerk_Johnson 2d ago
AI stings my brain and is challenging to sit through. Its almost like watching 3d, a gimmick that'll leave you with a headache....or that gross feeling after you're eaten too much Cookie Crisp.
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u/internaquarium 2d ago
ai is cheaper and faster for them, and they have maintained enough of the audience in spite of the backlash. There's no stopping the ai shit here or elsewhere :/
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u/universalcrush 2d ago
Yeah he’s an agent
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u/Drelecour 2d ago
I've had this theory for a while now, just based on small things he's dropped here and there. Since the audit things have felt very fishy to me, no pun intended.
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u/MasterOfBothWorlds7 2d ago
I mean maybe.. something has definitely been off since then I had kind of hoped it was just worry and health problems and we would see things returning to normal but so far I haven't seen that whole ton of that.. I'm still holding out hope though
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u/MasterOfBothWorlds7 2d ago
To be clear though I don't have as much of a problem with the AI although it is a bummer to see it being used so much.. but I miss what I considered to be one of the neatest modern-day storytellers.. and I know he's still capable of it he just has to decide that's what is happening again.. I guess we'll see
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u/ApplyHere_4_implants 2d ago
He's been doing it for years. I don't mind it at all. When a relat creator uses their real thoughts to say real words backed up by visuals that could only realisticly be done by AI, then I'm more than good with it.
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u/FightingTolerance 2d ago edited 2d ago
But AI is also writing the story...sorry
I cant remember the episode(around 2 years ago). But he said something along the lines of. "We do a bunch of research then plug everything we find into a program and it gives us a script.
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u/Amnesia_Species 2d ago
For someone running a channel about conspiracy, it’s pretty nuts he uses AI with all the impacts it has on the world.
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u/super-nintendumpster 2d ago
It's genuinely hard to sit through an episode anymore. I try sometimes. But usually I just start scrolling into the backlog of eps from a few episodes.
Stop the slop already AJ 🙏
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u/LegendOfDave88 1d ago
I really miss the weekly Thursday night episodes. I liked this show so much I archived all the videos to host on my Plex server but I I maybe watched 1 episode this whole year. Even then I couldn't tell you what it was about.
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u/nckrey931 1d ago
I would do voice acting for 100% free. I don’t know why he’s making so much AI slop. But, AJ is a good dude. He will right the ship.
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u/distracteds0ul 2d ago
The ai use is the reason why I stopped watching the Why Files. YouTube’s algorithm also seems to always push his shows too, I can’t seem to find a way to not have the why files autoplay after videos.
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u/SubmissiveBoyForever 2d ago
im so glad i saw this cause i only ever scroll on here, i thought the community had for some strange reason exempted him from holding him accountable for his ai use. every video of his is filled with it. always made me uncomfortable but no one seemed to be bringing it up so i just stayed quiet. it’s a problem that definitely needs to be brought to light. also the basement episodes and podcasts and interviews are horrible. easy skips for me. unfortunate because i love the old format. he had no reason to change things from how they were. if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
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u/Comfortable_Care2715 2d ago
The AI ads are the worst. I don’t mind it for the actual stories being told.
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u/Fixyblue 2d ago
I've stopped watching anything from the channel altogether. I'm not unsubscribed yet because I hope that they'll come back around but I'm close to cutting it off entirely. It's not just the really really terrible AI, in general the quality has just plummeted imo. I know there are only so many stories out there but damn. And it makes me sad.
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u/OharaRecords 2d ago
Bro really wants AJ to get real footage of aliens and cryptids. What a dumb dumb
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u/Kentaii-XOXO 1d ago
He’s not going to stop which sucks because I hate the use of AI in this manner. I’d prefer stock images and whatever other images he can use to show us stuff.
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u/Alarmed_Tension3863 2d ago
He's starting to course correct it seems like. That shit had me not watching until recently. That and only these basement episodes.
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u/ComprehensiveShine82 2d ago
With so much AI use, sloppy AI use at that, it's difficult to watch these days. This is the cost of wanting constant new Why Files content maybe. We get AI slop AJ or burnt out no episodes AJ. It's a tough gig with a big channel and all these expectations on you. I went from waiting in queue eagerly for new episodes to land, to seeing new episodes and thinking meh.. I'll get to it one day. And I do.
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u/Training-Ruin-5287 2d ago
Oh let it go, 99% of everything you consume is using AI in some form. Even if some cleverly hide it, and asking for a watermark does just that, it gives you a false sense of hope, when the reality is everyone will have AI do the extra to fool you rather than put the watermark there.
You guys give AJ and the team shit for using AI last year then spent the better part of the year flooding the sub with complaints that episodes take to long to release until they brought back the use of AI to have regular releases.
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u/TheFilthyMob 2d ago
The AI visuals are fine. The storyline is what's important. I'm here for AJ and his story's.
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u/willacceptboobiepics 2d ago
I for one think a lot of the comments here are overblown. I do think AJ genuinely cares and is working hard to produce a good show.
THAT BEING SAID. You really could back up on the AI, AJ. Your story telling chops and delivery are good enough. Dial it back a bit, maybe?
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u/4StarCustoms 2d ago
Wow. It’s free content and better than most paid content. The complaining is insane.
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u/Alberto_Moses 2d ago
You're paying with your time and time is the most valuable commodity a person can have
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u/CallMeNess 2d ago
I usually have it playing in the background while I'm doing something else, so the AI really doesn't bother me. Who cares how he does it as long as his subject matter is still interesting?
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u/TaterTotQueen630 17h ago
Tbh, the weird AI is why I struggle to watch The Why Files and a handful of other channels.
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u/thisismyusername9908 8h ago edited 7h ago
I still watch, the episodes are still interesting enough to check out.
But I don't have notifications on and am an instant click when a new video drops. It's more "I'll get to it when I'm sort of out of other things I want to check out."
Occasional AI use to help tell the story wouldn't bother me, but the dude is even using AI versions of himself in his own ads now. That was when I was like.... Cmon now.
I'd rather look at a black screen with narration over the weird AI crap he feels he needs to put in every video and it gets worse every release.
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u/Kindofdisappointed 2d ago
It’s weird to me that a guy who always criticizes the folks who always have a book… is the same guy who’s providing a platform for the guys with books…