I remember hearing about this guy years ago. He probably is now devoting 10 (?) years of his life (I did not look it up) searching for his lost bitcoin, but I have got the feeling, that he will never find them.

The channel owner directly states that it is their intention to mislead. I did see the disclaimer on the channel after looking up the “artist” and before making this post, but that disclaimer is not visible on the thumbnail preview and the video description omits any reference to it. The inclusion of the year in the video title as well as the hashtags all attempt to work their way into the feeds of those not in the know to convince them that it is legitimate.

I agree in that regard.

I mean, yes it is garage, but:

• This Popsie Funk channel is upfront, that the music is AI generated. (Link for convinience: https://www.youtube.com/@PopsieFunk )
• There are probably channels out there, that are not upfront and YouTube won’t be able to detect them.
• Why are you listening to the youtube recommendations? Why are you looking at the recommendations? What are you expecting there in the first place?
• Also you can train your recomendations pretty well, by opening videos you don’t like and give them a thumbs down.

Yes, it is still bad.

I’ll believe it, when I ordered one for $1.

A baby step in the right direction.

Can someone explain the motivation of AMD? Why abandon it? Why 6 month later depublishing it? Why not embracing it? Why? (Please no sarcasm)

Wow, pretty good!

AI Generated (but IMO a decent result):

Verse 1:
I was rollin’ down the highway, just a man and his machine
Thought I’d found forever in that chrome and gasoline
But one dark night she left me, without a single word
Now I’m sittin’ here wonderin’ how it all got so absurd

Chorus:
My self-drivin’ truck, she up and drove away
Left me in the dust, like a shadow in the gray
She took the open road, left my heart behind
My self-drivin’ truck, she’s got a mind of her own kind

Verse 2:
We’d travel through the sunsets, where the sky kissed the land
A man and his machine, thought we’d always make a stand
But now the cab is empty, her seat is cold and bare
I never thought I’d lose her, thought she’d always be there

Chorus:
My self-drivin’ truck, she up and drove away
Left me in the dust, like a shadow in the gray
She took the open road, left my heart behind
My self-drivin’ truck, she’s got a mind of her own kind

Bridge:
I see her tail lights fading, like a dream that’s out of reach
No more late-night conversations, just the silence I beseech
Guess I took for granted, she’d always tow the line
Now I’m chasin’ memories down this broken dotted line

Chorus:
My self-drivin’ truck, she up and drove away
Left me in the dust, like a shadow in the gray
She took the open road, left my heart behind
My self-drivin’ truck, she’s got a mind of her own kind

Outro:
Now I’m just a lonely trucker, with no rig to call my own
A wanderer on these highways, forevermore alone
My self-drivin’ truck, she’s out there somewhere free
While I’m left here rememberin’ what we used to be

I tested this and I did not got blocked or anything. https://www.threads.net/@mogoh_viol/post/C4xsvpKMZb8 So I assume, this was just an accident.

I know everybody loves to hate meta, I am am not a fan either, but I find it hard to belive that they outright ban the word pixelfed.