Neither Neo nor Super Crazy Kids responded to WIRED’s requests for comment.
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yes! Neo, Super Crazy Kids, and other similar channels share a common look, featuring his 3D animations in a similar style to Cocomelon, the most popular YouTube children’s channel in the United States. (Dana Steiner, a spokeswoman for Cocomelon’s parent company Moonbug, said that while no shows currently use AI, “our talented creative team is always exploring new tools and technologies.”)
This familiar aesthetic means that busy parents scanning the screen can confuse AI content with programs they’ve vetted. And while not particularly well-crafted, the content of the videos these channels publish shows that much of today’s human-made children’s entertainment is crude, frenetic, loud, and unoriginal. They tend to be as shabby as they are.
YouTube is rolling out new policies for AI-generated content, but the company has no intention of significantly restricting them. “YouTube will soon introduce content labeling and disclosure requirements for creators who upload content that includes realistically altered or synthetic material, including content aimed at children and families,” YouTube spokesperson Elena Hernandez said. To tell.
Asked by WIRED whether YouTube intends to actively seek out AI-generated content and label it as such, Hernandez said more details will be announced in the future, but the company plans to rely primarily on voluntary disclosure. said. “Our main approach is to force creators themselves to disclose when they have made realistic changes or synthetic content.” The company uses a combination of automated filters, human reviews, and user feedback to , says it is determining what content can be accessed on the more restricted YouTube Kids service.
Some worry that YouTube and parents around the world aren’t quite ready for the next wave of AI-generated content for kids. Neuroscientist Eric Hoel recently watched part of a tutorial on using AI to create content for kids, as well as several videos that appear to have been created using the technology. Joel was very upset to see content that goes against the Substack concept, including calling out his kids who are super crazy. “Across the country, young children are falling in front of their iPads, exposed to synthetic outpourings and deprived of human contact even in the media they consume,” he wrote. “There is no other word for it than dystopia.”
Hoel’s warning is reminiscent of the last major children’s YouTube scandal called “Elsagate.” His efforts began in 2017, when surreal and disturbing videos aimed at children began to gain traction on the platform, often featuring popular characters such as Disney’s Elsa. frozenSpider-Man, and the titular pig hero from Peppa pig. Although AI-generated content hasn’t reached similar lows, its creators appear to be chasing a similar goal of gaining attention for YouTube’s automated recommendations.
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Some of the more obscure AI video channels are already venturing into strange territory. For example, the channel Brain Nursey Egg TV gives its anxiety-inducing videos names like “Cars for Kids.” Slide trailer with lyrics. ” The video’s description includes a huge string of keywords, such as “Disney Junior Elimi Birakuma 24 Chima Sorozat BeamNG-Destruction ali babanın çiftliği şarkısı la brojita Creative Baby Padre Finger.”
The plotless video combines glitchy visuals, including floating eyeballs and melting blocks of color. The soundtrack includes children clapping, a counting robot’s voice, individual baby laughter, and various robot voices saying the word “YouTube” at seemingly random intervals. “This is a voice that’s all over the place, driven by an AI-generated script, or one of the greatest and most underrated pieces of surrealist video art in recent memory.” ,” says Reality Defender’s Coleman. In any case, this type of content still doesn’t get much attention, and some of the channel’s videos only get a few views. Brain Nursery Egg TV does not provide an email address or any other way to contact the channel operator.
