[This one is used only very sparingly; in fact, this may well be only the 2nd time it’s seen a forum.]
ETA:
While catching up on videos from the Tampa RV show, I noticed YT recommendations with AI-generated images promoting new models from major manufacturers. Many of the commenters are pissed about the TARDIS-like interior images supposedly taken inside these “vehicles,” as well as the narration:
If a fake vehicle video goes viral, would it encourage manufacturers to make it? Should we be producing and promoting content with the EVs and other options we want?
For some reason, I’m seeing variations on this theme, too:
The same thing exactly happened to me in my Plymouth minivan years ago, fortunately as I came to a stop at a red light.
OMG, this so much. Mrs. Ficus has a car on order, and to help deal with the anxiety of waiting for it to arrive (it’s currently sitting at a port overseas), I’ve been trying to mine YouTube for as much content as possible about her car to help make the wait more tolerable.
As I’ve already watched pretty much video on YouTube on her car, I check daily sorting by upload date to see if there’s anything new. Every day there’s some 20-30 videos of AI generated slop that I have to scroll through. I can always identify them because they have breathless titles with images that look sort of like something kind of resembling the vehicle, but at the same time nothing like it at all (just like the videos you linked). It’s always AI generated voices over slideshows of AI images sometimes intermixed with manufactured-supplied press kit videos.
As YouTube doesn’t let me block accounts from search results, I have to sort through tons of this shit every day. It’s really frustrating.
Nice road.
A quick trip to A&E?
One of the prettiest big ships on the Great Lakes:
1949 vintage, and still a steamer!
Equally scary and impressive!
About Norway - it’s a country that’s mostly mountains and where it rains a lot. They are literally awash in hydroelectric power, so moving to electric cars is an obvious and natural step. (Same with Iceland, where they have tons of both hydroelectric and geothermic power.)
It’s just a shame that about 20% of their GDP currently comes from petroleum. Between taxes, licensing and fees on oil extraction plus the government’s direct ownership of much of the industry, petroleum absolutely dominates their economy and provides the largest share of government revenue. They’re doing a lot of things right, including being one of the first countries to implement a carbon tax, but they also clearly have not been able to find the willingness to do what really needs to be done: leave the oil in the ground.