The Technicolor World of AI-Generated YouTube Videos: Your Little One Could Be an Amateur Tech Enthusiast Already!

“Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube”

“Machine-learning models, for example, can generate believable images and videos from text captions, fueling the rise of so-called ‘deepfakes.’ Eventually, these techniques might be used to produce infinite permutations of shows, letting a six-year-old endlessly binge a cartoon series customized to their exact tastes.”

Welcome to the future, a place where AI-generated videos could potentially flood YouTube, and deepfakes aren’t just for political scandal anymore. Get ready for the invasion of AI-generated cartoons, tailored specifically to have your six-year-old glued to their screen. Because who wants to engage with a good old traditional storybook when you could lose your child in an unending stream of AI curated cartoon madness? Truly, leaps and bounds for human development and interaction, indeed.

Parents beware! Now, it’s not just the fear of your child picking up silly catchphrases from ‘Peppa Pig’ or learning how to lip-sync to ‘Baby Shark’ for the umpteenth time. Thanks to the marvel of machine-learning models, we’re now facing the prospect of cartoons that basically morph into whatever your child wants. The AI learns the child’s tastes and preferences, continually modifying the content – resulting in a non-stop personalized cartoon binge-wave.

In all seriousness, the techno-boffins boast that their work could revolutionize TV and media for children, making it more engaging, personal, and educational. Right, because nothing signals ‘balanced childhood’ like endless customized videos that your child never tires from, eliminating the need for them to leave the virtual world.

This ingenuity isn’t rescued by the excitement of potential academic implications either – such as having AI models generating educational content for children. PBS Kids or Sesame Street apparently just aren’t cutting it anymore. So it’s time to have an AI cater the whims and fancy of the little tykes – wrapping education in a pretty personalized digital package.

Evidently, it seems that the bounds of technology are ceaselessly aiming to replace ‘unnecessary human functions’ – say storytelling, parental guidance, or simply letting a child be a child. The question is – in this impending AI-dominated world, what’s next on the chopping block? Whatever it might be, rest assured that it’ll be personalized, engaging, and absolutely out of your control.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/your-kid-may-be-watching-ai-generated-videos-on-youtube/