There is a bug in Youtube’s AI filter that is causing some videos to flicker. The content creator have no idea that is happening and no way to opt out. If you have Epilepsy it is recommended that you watch out for these situations

Also as content creators dont know this may be happening, if you find these issues you should try to contact the respective content creator and let them know this is happening on your specific device. Again, its so random it may only happen on some devices

  • CatAssTrophy@safest.space
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    11 hours ago

    The danger is honestly pretty minimal for people who are aware they have photosensitive epilepsy; those who are prone to it but unaware of it are not likely to heed warnings even where they exist since they won’t typically perceive the risk until after experiencing it.

    It takes several minutes from triggering exposure to actual seizure onset, so those who know of their susceptibility have time to stop exposure and make sure they’re in a safe position if a seizure does come. There are many ways of mitigating the seizure risk by stopping exposure, closing one eye and facing away from the light source, keeping screen brightness at the lowest level you can still easily read, etc.

    That’s not to say I think warnings aren’t useful, but the intensity of many of the warnings people use is disproportionate to the actual risk and can cause people to be much more worried than necessary IMO. Google et al really need to stop messing with videos and such via AI without any sort of notice or warning for a whole host of reasons, including broader non-epileptic photosensitive since becoming intensely nauseous or getting a migraine over it is still pretty annoying.

    tl;dr I think the warnings are a good idea, but maybe a little broader and less “OMG the epileptics are gonna all die”. And fuck companies silently manipulating content they didn’t even produce with AI in general.

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      10 hours ago

      Well said.

      Did they ever give any reason why they even consider it an acceptable thing to do?

      Imagine making an art piece to be displayed in a museum only to find they allowed an interim with next to zero experience to paint over it.

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        7 hours ago

        Not that I’m aware of, unfortunately. They seem to be trying to pretend they aren’t even doing it, so telling us why they obviously are modifying content doesn’t seem likely until they’re backed in to a corner by popular outrage.