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AI Generated 'Boring History' Videos Are Flooding YouTube and Drowning Out Real History
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I actually was subbed to Boring History for Sleeping for about a month because it was ok tier 2-3 hour long history videos.
I only started getting suspicious about it being AI after noticing they get pumped out every couple days. Nobody can record that fast and edit that quickly.
Also, the topics jumped so frequently, I stopped listening cause it never stayed on the same topic for a good amount of time before jumping to another continent during a different time period
I've been sleeping to Fall of Civilizations' Mongols episode. Long enough to go to sleep and really soothing voice. Video essays on The Elder Scrolls games also have the same appeal.
I listen to fall of civs in the shower. It's too good for sleeping.