A brief statement (alternate title: Pillar of Garbage AI Situation is Crazy)
Hey everyone. It's been brought to my attention that a stock video clip of a pile of coins I used in my latest video appears to be AI-generated & I'd like to apologise for that. I'm on the same page as a lot of you that gen. AI content is poor quality and harmful to creatives, and the last thing I want to do is contribute to that harm (or force you guys to look at AI footage, for that matter).
Obviously, this wasn't intentional. I pay for a Storyblocks licence, and that site's where I got that footage from (along with most stock footage or images I use). The video previewer on that site isn't huge, and as any of you who are video editors know, you're typically only viewing a WIP video in miniature while editing it. As a result, I never spotted the deformed details of the image.
To be honest, I wasn't even aware Storyblocks allowed AI generated footage to be licenced. Perhaps naively, checking search results for AI isn't something I've ever given thought to before. I'd expected a paid platform (licences aren't exactly cheap!) would have a better, or at least clearer, policy on this - so while I'll make efforts to better check footage in the future, I can't guarantee none's ever slipped the net before. Looking back at some of the other recent stock footage I've downloaded from Storyblocks for videos, I have my suspicions this has happened a few times. Again, I'm sorry, and again, I'll try to do better.
Pillar of Garbage
A brief statement (alternate title: Pillar of Garbage AI Situation is Crazy)
Hey everyone. It's been brought to my attention that a stock video clip of a pile of coins I used in my latest video appears to be AI-generated & I'd like to apologise for that. I'm on the same page as a lot of you that gen. AI content is poor quality and harmful to creatives, and the last thing I want to do is contribute to that harm (or force you guys to look at AI footage, for that matter).
Obviously, this wasn't intentional. I pay for a Storyblocks licence, and that site's where I got that footage from (along with most stock footage or images I use). The video previewer on that site isn't huge, and as any of you who are video editors know, you're typically only viewing a WIP video in miniature while editing it. As a result, I never spotted the deformed details of the image.
To be honest, I wasn't even aware Storyblocks allowed AI generated footage to be licenced. Perhaps naively, checking search results for AI isn't something I've ever given thought to before. I'd expected a paid platform (licences aren't exactly cheap!) would have a better, or at least clearer, policy on this - so while I'll make efforts to better check footage in the future, I can't guarantee none's ever slipped the net before. Looking back at some of the other recent stock footage I've downloaded from Storyblocks for videos, I have my suspicions this has happened a few times. Again, I'm sorry, and again, I'll try to do better.
-PoG
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