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A fully synthetic YouTube show sounds scalable—but will viewers (and YouTube) buy it?
Notes from Chris
Episode 3188
Once upon a time, a YouTube channel needed a real person, a ring light, and a catch-phrase. In 2025, you can spin up a short-form series with nothing but prompts, a text-to-speech engine, and royalty-free clips. Sounds hands-off and scalable—but will it fly with viewers and, more importantly, with YouTube’s monetization team? Aisha wants to know if an all-AI production can build trust, stay compliant, and still pay the bills."I’d love to launch a YouTube shorts series that’s 100 % AI-generated—script by GPT-style tools, voiceover with ElevenLabs, stock video B-roll—basically no on-camera human at all. Is that viable these days? Will audiences accept a fully synthetic host, and can you monetize a channel if the ‘talent’ is entirely artificial? I’m curious about the legal, platform, and audience-trust angles before I dive in.."Listen to today's episode to learn more...
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