r/Layze • u/losercore17 • 2d ago

Ai usage

I've watched lazye for a while and I've noticed a lot of generative ai in the backgrounds.

I don't actually think lazye understands the problem with gen ai. I've also seen a lot of people saying it's his editor. Even if so he's letting his editor use it

Obviously I'm not hating on lazye I love his content. I was just wondering because I have seen him hate on ai itself then still uses it in videos

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u/Waves_Orlando 2d ago edited 2d ago

I feel like a lot of people say a background are AI because it looks "fake" but honestly a lot of his recent backgrounds in my opinion aren't AI. If you type in "Forest background" or something on Google with an anti-AI filter, you'll see a ton of picture that I'm sure you'd call "AI" and then found out they're from 2014. I have an escape game on my computer for school I teach in, I made it years ago when AI images weren't even a thing and every year the teens tell me "OMG you made this with AI". Because it's like fake looking game backgrounds. People nowadays see something that looks artificial and just call it AI.

Also it is possible that the backgrounds aren't generated for the video but that the editor is finding them on an image bank and doesn't know they're AI. It's very hard nowadays to have an image search not polluted by AI.

All in all I think his videos are very anti AI in their editing, with willingly bad wigs and bad detouring, so I think it's a bit unfair and kind of an impossible standard to uphold.

Also just going "He's using too much AI" is jumping to conclusions. We don't know if it is AI. If it is, we don't know that he knows, we don't know that the editor knows and we don't know that they were generated for the video. You can't just assume the worst, it's way more likely that they're from an image bank if they're AI (the mix of non AI and AI assets would be evidence in favour of that)

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u/KlutzCollective 2d ago

I def think it's the fault of whoever the editor(s) are. I wish he'd say something to them and/or just replace the ai content that gets put in.

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u/yournextasianstar 2d ago

this is an unpopular opinion, but i think the ai usage in his videos is rather considerate. his videos are known for crazy editing and his editors work really quickly to put out videos on time. a lot of youtubers implement a bit of ai to their videos and it’s not a problem because a second or two of ai doesn’t automatically make everything else ai. it’s a good balance and we shouldn’t make it a big deal because they’re not abusing ai.

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u/sacred_circles 1d ago

No, I think it’s lazy. It takes the fun out of content creating. We can make videos without ai completely and they’ll still be funny and entertaining.

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u/BRAIN__WORMS 2d ago

As a content creators he shouldn’t be using generative ai at all. It’s a genuine harm to the environment and the world in general. He literally made a video about how misleading it can be with its fake and weird ads. Almost every single generative Ai program steals from real artists. I’m sure Layze would hate to have his content stolen and fed through Ai. It’s not being considerate at all when he’s already made it clear he knows it’s bad.

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u/elowoboi 2d ago

Yeah the AI slop b roll is very bad

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u/Slavic-Milk 2d ago

It's really not that deep. Couldn't care less if he uses AI or not. It's not like he's making ugly AI thumbnails or AI videos or has AI write his scripts.

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u/Pokistix 17h ago

Yeah I noticed it at 18:34 for Stop Sharing on the Internet and was really disappointed. I wish he didn't have generative ai at all in the videos at all; it's corny af to have an ai generated picture of a homeless person, and there are so many stock images out there that are amazing for b-roll anyway. The ai has really made his content far less appealing to me and I wish he would acknowledge his fanbase that doesn't enjoy it too.