AI THUMBNAILS: ARE THEY WORTH IT? (Response to Spaghetti Weston)

Is AI actually ruining YouTube thumbnails, or are we just using it completely wrong?

In today’s motovlog, we’ll tool around on my 2024 Harley Road Glide to share my thoughts on a massive topic that Spaghetti Weston recently brought up. There is an absolute epidemic of “sameness” hitting our subscription feeds right now, and frankly, a lot of AI-generated thumbnails are starting to look over-processed, and trapped in the uncanny valley.

In this video, I break down:

– The results of an informal study I conducted tracking channels using AI thumbnails (and whether it actually helps views).
– The psychological reason viewers instantly devalue content when they see an AI thumbnail.
– How creators SHOULD actually be using AI as a tool

AI should be a tool in your workflow, not a total replacement for your creativity. Let’s talk about it.

-John

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