Beloved photonics YouTube channel floods its feed with AI-generated thumbnails
jwt0625 · x · 2026-10-17
- jwt0625 laments that a favorite product-showcase YouTube channel has "fallen": the screenshot shows Del Mar Photonics now uploads a stream of videos with fully AI-generated thumbnails, pumping out a dozen clips in hours about BBO crystals, TeO2 boules, and ZnSe infrared windows.
- It's another example of AI slop swallowing authentic product-showcase channels, leaving viewers unable to tell if anything is still made by real humans.
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