Youtube Oil Experts

[GW.]

He's a knowledgeable person who explains things well. However, I think he comes off as a shill to some people. I've read a few comments on Facebook of people being distrustful of his oil information because it comes off as an on-going Mobil 1 ad campaign. I can see their point. There are some things that he tends to gloss over and toes the line a bit with Mobil's marketing. Lake's done that at times as well though, so have others.

Exactly how I feel.

 

[Hohn]

Project Farm is a good guy, I enjoy a lot of his content but he is not an "Oil Expert"

But AI will be the death of good content.

It largely already is. Look what it's doing to music.

 

[vwmaniaman]

Say what you want but that is the first place I go for information when I have to replace a window motor or pull an intake manifold or replace sheet rock or pull the covers on a washing machine. Yes there is a lot of AI generated content but that is pretty easy to detect. A1 Auto has help me a lot on replacing parts and very good videos. I will keep using it because there are some honest professionals on there that are just trying to help others with the same problems

 

[RDY4WAR]

It largely already is. Look what it's doing to music.

SUNO AI

Stealing
Until
Nobody's
Original

I think there's a place for AI in very limited settings. I don't want AI to do my google searches for me, to give a summary of my email, slap together every cliche #1 radio single into something spoon fed to my ears, or anything like that. I think it should remain in the fantasy realm. Using AI in a story/chapter based video game to adapt and throw new challenges at a player based on their playstyle, creating a dynamic environment unique to each player, is something I would be okay with. Leave it in the fantasy realm though. I like my autonomy. I'm fine with AI provoking me to think (so long as it's not making stuff up), not doing my thinking for me.

 

[Astro14]

It’s older people who fall for the AI videos. Also can’t stand the “mechanic” videos where it’s some middle aged Middle Eastern guys showing their feet

Pretty sure it’s younger people that fall for that, and that fall for the infallibility of ChatGPT, and AI in general.

Older people have a well-developed “hogwash” detector. We’ve heard enough “hogwash” over the years, this is the same stuff in a new package.

 

[Kira]

Older people have a well-developed “hogwash” detector.

Ya think?

 

[Samurai1225]

While we're ranting on YouTube another thing helping with demise of the platform are the YouTube Shorts. I get that they had to compete with the TikTok's of the world, but the majority of the content is just plain Brain rot. Hate to generalize, but the younger generation seem to have the attention span of a gnat.

 

[RDY4WAR]

While we're ranting on YouTube another thing helping with demise of the platform are the YouTube Shorts. I get that they had to compete with the TikTok's of the world, but the majority of the content is just plain Brain rot. Hate to generalize, but the younger generation seem to have the attention span of a gnat.

So did the boomers when they were that age, but instead of Youtube shorts and Tiktoks, they cured their attention span and boredom with amphetamines and quaaludes.

 

[gfh77665]

He's a knowledgeable person who explains things well. However, I think he comes off as a shill to some people. I've read a few comments on Facebook of people being distrustful of his oil information because it comes off as an on-going Mobil 1 ad campaign. I can see their point. There are some things that he tends to gloss over and toes the line a bit with Mobil's marketing. Lake's done that at times as well though, so have others.

I agree. He does lots of other automotive videos that do not even mention oil, Mobil 1 or otherwise.