AI agents using YouTube: the clickbait lecture repost hints at automated content farming
adariostrange · x · 2026-10-11
Beyond violating Stanford's copyright with a temporally inaccurate urgent title, the repost of Andrew Ng's lecture raises a bigger question: AI agents using YouTube — automating the full loop of reposting, retitling, and farming algorithmic traffic. The case shows how alarmist titles plus platform algorithm preferences can replicate an original creator's years of accumulated views within a month.
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