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Oh well.
I wonder about The True Story of How YouTube Video Titles Became Maximally Clickbait...
Do you know who Rob Miles is?
I don't even necessarily disagree with you, but having an awareness of who he is and his history of AI-safety advocacy was pretty effective at turning me from "wtf clickbait" into "oh cool Rob Miles is using clickbait now b/c it's more effective."
I mean the people in this thread definitely seem fascinated by the lewdness aspect 🙂. And obviously I clicked on it, too.
Oh, I missed that part, clicked on the thumbnail directly to see what BS was this going to be... and was only mildly disappointed.
But indeed, this being Rob Miles, changes things. I guess most of the video can be seen educational in disguise. A sad moment for YouTube video titles though, when even minimally decent stuff needs to hide behind clickbait.
Haha yeah. He released all these videos just talking about how it's a problem, and I can sort of picture him trying to work out, okay I tried just explaining the problem clearly, now how can we make the videos reach a wider audience. I know! (a) sex is involved in the story (b) cute little animations of the computers in a glowy neon style (c) clickbait title. Okay, check, let's do a/b/c then, and see how it works.