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!
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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!
Typo correction: “This was a wonderful...”
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.
But enough about Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.
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.
I don’t get it. explain for this simple mind
Fil’s a good guy, and a smart guy. He really likes Glen Campbell so I really like him.
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!
I watch that channel. He performs a great public service by revealing which performers are scamming the public by using autotune.
The video is superior to anything from James Gunn.
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.
He also really liked the Gospel artist Phil Keaggy’s guitar chops
His videos on Karen Carpenter are great too. She obviously didn’t need any help w/ vocals or drumming.
Oof!!
AI has almost taken over YT. Never know what is real or AI.
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.
Went there, did that. Loved it.
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. :-(
I agree. Ugh!
:-)
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