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In reply to the discussion: Psychology of People Who Grew Up in the 1960s [View all]SheltieLover
(76,466 posts)87. You are doing great work, HPD
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This is AI slop from a channel posting videos on different subjects every couple of days, with
highplainsdem
Sunday
#36
my HS School years, we'd get 20 or so social misfits to play baseball. A lot of LL kids that never made it to JV
OAITW r.2.0
Sunday
#28
I remember that. And I got to be 11 or 12 years old in the boys told me I couldn't play anymore because I was a girl.
Walleye
Monday
#55
They're AI graphics. No Black people, either. Imagine, no Black people in a video ostensibly about the 60s. AI slop.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sunday
#9
This video describes fairly universal themes through a lens that makes "60s kids" feel unique -- which is catnip for just
WhiskeyGrinder
Sunday
#21
It wasn't aimed at you; it was a summary of and agreement with the post above yours
Orrex
Tuesday
#82
Again, it's not targeting you, and in any case it's not universal at the personal level
Orrex
Tuesday
#85
I started feeling like something was wrong extremely on, and I admit I quit half way to the end.
1WorldHope
Sunday
#32
The narrator is speaking with a British accent, I'm pretty sure this is mostly about the UK
FakeNoose
Sunday
#42
Whaaat? There are plenty of films and photos of Black people from the 1960s. But this video was made in 2025 with 2025
WhiskeyGrinder
Monday
#50
I graduated also from h.s. in 1967! I may have seen, probably did see, Blacks.....
ColoringFool
Monday
#65
We always had a good percentage of Black people living in Delaware. And I live right next-door to a stone cold racist
Walleye
Monday
#68
"And how many of us White girls would "make an exception for" Sidney Poitier?"
WhiskeyGrinder
Monday
#72
Okay but you do see how saying there is a single Black man out there for whom you would make an "exception" to society's
WhiskeyGrinder
Tuesday
#75
I have always said the downfall and the weight issues with this Country started with the remote control for tv.
a kennedy
Sunday
#10
Yah, those how ever many steps they take from right after super to bed time, what 4 hours???
a kennedy
Sunday
#13
People took diet pills, especially women. Girls were fat shamed to high heaven, often by their mothers.
valleyrogue
Monday
#47
Who is When Jekyll Meets Hyde? What research goes into these assertions? What are these AI-voiced claims based on?
WhiskeyGrinder
Sunday
#6
You related to it because you were primed to and it's designed to be relatable.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sunday
#22
It's fundamentally wrong because it's made with unethical tools trained on stolen intellectual
highplainsdem
Sunday
#25
I get what you are sayings....and yes, maybe a warning should warn the consumer that AI content is involved.
OAITW r.2.0
Sunday
#37
Yeah, I watched a little of their, 'Psychology of People Who Grew Up in the 1980s" video.
progressoid
Sunday
#27
Some are copycats. Some apparently operate multiple channels. Some are likely from content farms
highplainsdem
Monday
#46
This is AI slop, from a channel set up a couple of months ago that already has 26 videos. This sort
highplainsdem
Sunday
#23
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube's algorithm shows to new users are "AI slop"
chia
Monday
#60
I used to think you were way off base ranting about AI and posting too often about it
thebigidea
Tuesday
#77
Well, thanks. LOL. I'm sorry you haven't liked my tactics, but without a way to directly transfer everything I've
highplainsdem
Tuesday
#78
Ty for your dedication to ethics & to educating others with your vast knowledge & experience
SheltieLover
Tuesday
#83
Thanks, SheltieLover! You're too kind, though. I'm just trying to keep with the news about genAI
highplainsdem
Tuesday
#86
As a witness of the actual 60's (and the bullshit this video is trying to turn into "Happy Days"),
Conjuay
Sunday
#29
You are absolutely right. my mom's 1st cousin never really returned from WW2 and
OAITW r.2.0
Sunday
#41
De rec. AI slop. Shallow, sweeping, pop psychology generalisations. It's self-congratulatory fortune cookie-style cringe
Celerity
Sunday
#35
I remember all the things in that video but I question the conclusions it draws.
Ocelot II
Monday
#52
49'er Here. We Have Been Labeled, Vilified, Praised, Envied, Etc. Boomers are NOT....
ColoringFool
Monday
#67