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Messing with You Tube's AI Algorithm
YouTube ^ | 8/30/2026 | Wings of Pegasus

Posted on 08/30/2026 1:52:28 PM PDT by Paul R.

This is too funny, but it also makes a point.

"Wings of Pegasus" hates AI in music and other creative realms, autotune, fake performances, etc., so he decided to mess with You Tube's algorithm by posting a vid with no title, no vid but a white blank, and then ask all his followers to make comments.

The results are pretty good!


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: ai; algorithm; hisfollowers; pegasus; pointless; retarded

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Here's a link to his previous vid where he explains further, including a "swipe" at clickbait titles (which he of course sarcastically provides):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4pBpG8uwM8&t=436s

Great stuff -- I normally don't promote such channels, but this was too good to resist.

This was wonderful, positive piece he did on Dolly Parton's "Trio":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBl029irGPQ

Enjoy! And go drop a comment on the blank vid!

1 posted on 08/30/2026 1:52:28 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

Typo correction: “This was a wonderful...”


2 posted on 08/30/2026 1:53:40 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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To: Paul R.; moder_ator

Mods, if you want to add “( no title )” at the end of my title, that’s cool!

“Wings of Pegasus” deliberately left his vid post untitled.


3 posted on 08/30/2026 1:56:24 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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To: Paul R.
Wings of Pegasus" hates AI in music, autotune, etc.,

But enough about Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.

4 posted on 08/30/2026 1:57:55 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Paul R.

People are stupid enough, creativity is already lacking, our privacy is already a joke, customer service has already gone to hell.

We don’t need AI adding to this.


5 posted on 08/30/2026 1:59:24 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Paul R.

I don’t get it. explain for this simple mind


6 posted on 08/30/2026 2:00:50 PM PDT by devane617 (Facts Do Not Matter To Those On The Left—It's Their God.)
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To: All

Fil’s a good guy, and a smart guy. He really likes Glen Campbell so I really like him.


7 posted on 08/30/2026 2:01:51 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: Paul R.

He did a voice analysis of Geddy Lee’s singing from their recent live performance at the Juno awards. Pretty interesting how he puts up the waveforms of the tone and stuff and explains things.

I didn’t realize how much artists use autotune now in their recordings, and even for their live performances!


8 posted on 08/30/2026 2:05:00 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: Paul R.

I watch that channel. He performs a great public service by revealing which performers are scamming the public by using autotune.


9 posted on 08/30/2026 2:08:26 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Presenting Voter ID to CA Election Officials is Like Waving a Cross in Front of a Vampire)
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To: Paul R.

The video is superior to anything from James Gunn.


10 posted on 08/30/2026 2:18:59 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: devane617

You have to watch the previous video to get the full explanation. In short, it’s a silent protest where he’s saying “I’d rather watch and hear nothing than see or hear AI”.

I don’t have quite the problem with AI per se, AS LONG AS ITS USE IS DISCLOSED. I think the real problem is that there’s so much AI use and no one admits to using it.


11 posted on 08/30/2026 2:27:44 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: FLNittany

He also really liked the Gospel artist Phil Keaggy’s guitar chops


12 posted on 08/30/2026 3:19:24 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao

His videos on Karen Carpenter are great too. She obviously didn’t need any help w/ vocals or drumming.


13 posted on 08/30/2026 3:26:11 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Oof!!


14 posted on 08/30/2026 4:00:02 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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To: Windcatcher

AI has almost taken over YT. Never know what is real or AI.


15 posted on 08/30/2026 4:13:14 PM PDT by devane617 (Facts Do Not Matter To Those On The Left—It's Their God.)
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To: devane617
YouTube "pushes" vids by (among other things) how many views they get, particularly in the 1st hour the vids are up. This incentivizes "click bait" titles that sometimes have little or nothing to do with the content. It also gives undue weight to troll and tool armies such as are utilized by China / Russia / Iran / North Korea /India / the DNC, and so on, often AI empowered.

We now see on Fox News You Tube vids, for example, comment threads overwhelmed by our enemies.

"Pegasus" has created an extreme example to demonstrate part of what's going on. His beef is more that genuine creators of good content (and his really is, for those deeply interested in music) are getting pushed aside and / or washed away like those victims of the horrific flood in Nepal / Tibet.

My interest is in the music too, but extends far beyond. This crap is affecting everything in social media, traditional news, etc. I just found out that quite a few of the later vids purporting to show the flood I mentioned are AI. I guess I'm not all that surprised...

What kind of a society will we have if nothing on video or transmitted electronically can be believed?

Ironically, AI, BIG AI, is probably the only thing that can fight this.

16 posted on 08/30/2026 4:19:57 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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To: Paul R.

Went there, did that. Loved it.


17 posted on 08/30/2026 4:22:36 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Windcatcher

There is a lot of truth to that. Some of the AI created political satire vids really ARE funny, for example. But, yes, it’s use must be disclosed, or almost no one will know what reality is, soon. :-(


18 posted on 08/30/2026 4:27:13 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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To: Texas Eagle

I agree. Ugh!


19 posted on 08/30/2026 4:28:36 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

:-)


20 posted on 08/30/2026 4:28:59 PM PDT by Paul R. (Who else but Dolly Parton could go so far by being so genuine about being so fake?)
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