@0x2ba22e11 @mjc0961 @FediThing You have to manually opt-in to that AFAIK. As it stands, YouTube still automatically grabs a random frame from the video if you don't manually upload/choose your own thumbnail when uploading the video. Though either way, it doesn't stop people from just using ChatGPT or whatever to generate the AI thumbnails instead.
@Quinn9282 @mjc0961 @FediThing I'm just thinking I'd double check every time before passing judgement because I would be surprised if Google did not turn it on silently without consent in future.
@Quinn9282 Yeah it really doesn't matter if it's YouTube's tool or ChatGPT or whatever. If it's blatant AI slop, I'm pressing unsubscribe and/or don't recommend channel. It's an obvious sign of rot, if they're willing to hand over one part of the creative process, how many more will they hand over in the future? Trust is completely broken.
@Quinn9282 Also it seems pretty obvious that it's opt in, because there isn't a massive outcry about Google forcing it on people. A lot of people would be PISSED about forced slop thumbnails they didn't want, and we'd hear about it.