EVIDENCE 019
When the incentives point away from the rules
According to my recollection, YouTube’s own AI assistant explained that videos built around familiar existing hits had the advantage because audiences already knew them — while my original music did not.
I remember YouTube Studio’s AI assistant explaining, with the wide-eyed sincerity of a country boy, that familiar, already-existing songs have an advantage over my original music because audiences already knew and liked them.
I didn’t screenshot this conversation, and the chat later disappeared. So no — I cannot prove that it happened.
Let’s therefore agree that I dreamed it.
IN MY DREAM, YouTube’s AI assistant explained to me, quite matter-of-factly, that of course videos using familiar existing tracks performed better: people already knew those songs, while nobody knew mine.
I remember staring at the screen and thinking:
So the winning strategy is... STEAL somebody else’s hit? NO MORE RULES?
Again: no screenshot. No proof. My recollection only.
Make of it what you will.
But of course, the logic itself is ridiculous. We’ve all been on YouTube, and everyone knows stolen hit songs are complete fiction. Nothing like that could possibly happen there!