"YouTube King" expresses fear of AI

(Dan Tri) - MrBeast, the YouTuber with the largest number of followers in the world, expressed concern that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) could threaten the livelihoods of content creators and gradually replace them.

In a post on his personal page, YouTuber with the largest number of followers in the world, MrBeast, expressed his concern about the development speed of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI tools, which are capable of creating video content from user descriptions.

MrBeast believes that the rapid advancement of generative AI is scary and will impact the millions of content creators who currently make a living from it.

Despite being dubbed the “king of YouTube” thanks to his large following, MrBeast is still concerned that his future will be affected by AI video -creating tools (Photo: FC).

“These are scary times,” MrBeast shared, asking “what will happen to content creators like me when AI-generated videos are as good as conventionally shot ones?”

However, MrBeast also admitted that AI tools have also greatly supported content creators, such as coming up with ideas, perfecting scripts, creating subtitles, etc.

“The general trend of using AI as a tool is that it makes content creation much cheaper. I think the winners in the short term will be those who leverage AI to create really quality content,” MrBeast added.

MrBeast's announcement comes amid the launch of more and more generative AI tools capable of creating high-quality videos. These AI tools can not only create video content but can also create audio, voice characters, etc.

The emergence of these AI video-generating tools not only affects the work of content creators like MrBeast, but also increases the risk of spreading fake content and false information... when the videos created have a very high level of accuracy, to the point that it is very difficult to distinguish from real videos.

Not only content creators, many jobs are predicted to be replaced by AI in the near future.

In an online interview in August, Geoffrey Hinton - known as the "Godfather of AI" - said that telemarketers, low-level legal and financial analysts, online customer service staff... will be the jobs that will be replaced by AI within the next 24 months.

MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), started a YouTube channel of the same name at the age of 13, posting videos of challenges and dangerous pranks.

He rose to global fame in 2021 with his simulation of the movie Squid Game , which offered a $456,000 prize to the winner.

Currently, MrBeast's YouTube channel has more than 444 million subscribers - the personal channel with the largest number of followers in the world, with each video reaching tens to hundreds of millions of views.

In addition to YouTube, he also founded the food company Feastables, whose signature product is MrBeast Bars chocolate. MrBeast's assets are currently estimated to exceed 1 billion USD.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/cong-nghe/vua-youtube-bay-to-su-lo-so-voi-ai-20251009103849174.htm