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what does any of that have to do with my comment?

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>> they all seem really creative initially but rapidly lose their luster and become repetitive.

Yeah, exactly that :-)

Did you really interpret my statement as "AI content producers are being so creative and then quitting posting"?

I'm not talking about people posting good content and then stopping posting.

I guess its fair to say that "become repetitive" was unclear, what I should have said was "reveals itself to be repetitive."

I'm saying that these AI generated world building channels produce lots of content that looks creative and exciting at first but over time reveals itself to be repetitive and lacking in creativity.

The parent's argument regains relevance if we change "stopped posting" to "stopped posting good stuff and started posting repeatitive shit" though.

Human youtube channels do that all the time.

Both are responses to a miss-interpretation of my original comment (which I will grant is at least in part my fault).

But your argument could be made against anything novel. You love the first 3 seasons of Chopped or Hell’s Kitchen but eventually you figure out the repetitive story arc, you know how each show will unfold halfway through, same kinds on conflict, etc… the show either becomes background while folding clothes or you stop watching entirely. The novelty wears off-for better or worse.

I mean look at house hunters international. Every segment is the sssme. “I need an extra room for overseas family, I want to live by the beach, I need a roof deck but I teach ESL to blind monks and children. My budget is $400”. And then they’ll have some silly hang up about the reliability of elevators in general or maybe they absolutely can’t get over the east facing window. It’s 100% formulatic yet perfect as background.

I dunno where I’m going with this but those AI videos you say you liked… the novelty wore off.

> But your argument could be made against anything novel.

What matters IMO is the lack substance not the quantity of novelty. Your chosen television show examples demonstrate that pretty well IMO.

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