Original content creators and prompted scripts are the subject of this video for creators, and for anyone weighing a creator’s course or consulting. The full transcription and questions and answers follow the video.
This video first went up on YouTube on April 6, 2025. The written post was added on October 27, 2026.
Why Is a Prompted Script a Problem for Original Content Creators?
Original content creators can lose authority and authenticity when a tool supplies the ideas, the title, the description and the full script. Presenting that prompted work as personal expertise, and then selling courses or consulting on it, can be deception in Loren Weisman’s view.
- Tools like VidIQ, TubeBuddy, Perplexity and ChatGPT can be prompted to supply trending topics, full descriptions and complete scripts.
- A creator who follows a tool’s script and title to appear as an expert may be deceiving the audience.
- VidIQ can help with keyword research after a video is done, looking at titles, options and competitors for your own idea.
- Using these tools as a crutch to fool people into believing you know what you are talking about can be the real problem.
- Before buying a course or hiring a consultant, checking the person’s background and trail for authenticity, authority, knowledge and humility can help.
Original Content Creators: The Full Transcription
A Review of VidIQ Versus TubeBuddy
Found myself confused the other day, popping online, I see a review of a content creator that has a fairly massive following, apparently a lot of views and through a couple of his top line, he’s this content creator and he’s an influencer and he’s an expert and all these things.
Now his review was Vidiq versus TubeBuddy and this isn’t really giving him away because it’s a trending topic and you can find dozens if not Hundreds of these YouTube people doing this exact same video. And this is the point I’m about to get to inside of doing the video he’s walking through.
And he’s got some great graphics and great editing, well above stuff I do, nothing I’m interested in. Welcome to the background. He sits here and he says, you know, this costs this, that costs that, this offers this, that offers that.
I’m following along, I’m interested. I currently use Vidiq for keyword research. I find it incredibly helpful. He, he was talking about TubeBuddy.
So that back and forth to me, it drew interest from me. So I’m looking at the back and forth, I’m listening to him. Then it gets to a point and it’s something I don’t use and I don’t understand how people use it authentically on either of these sites.
When the Tool Writes the Script
It prompts, you can set prompts for Vidiq, for TubeBuddy, for Perplexity, ChatGPT, whatever, on the latest trends and what to talk about now on these two sites or apps, not only can it tell you this is what you should share, these are some of the top trending things which, okay, maybe it’s giving you just a C for you to talk about your expertise. No, it goes further.
It will give you a full description and it will even set up a script, cover this, this, this, say this, then say that, say this, close this out, title it as this. So where is the authority and the authenticity in that?
A Self Proclaimed Expert Without the Expertise
Then this content creator, this expert, he begins to complain, he goes, I found this to be incredibly challenging. It wasn’t very helpful in telling me the best ideas to put out there and how to script it correctly and get this thing done thoroughly.
You’re the content creator, you’re the self proclaimed expert. Yet in this video review you’ve just admitted maybe you don’t have any expertise on a great deal of the content at all. So you’ve used these tricks, these tools.
To me it’s, to me it’s abuse. And now so you’ve learned to pick the latest trends to get the views to get the subscribers and congrats and whatever money you’re making. Good for you.
Where the Line Gets Drawn
But where does the line get drawn? Where are people like this putting out? And then all of a sudden, state, we have to buy my own online course because I’m an expert. Watch all my videos.
I’m an expert. Lie. Are you going to openly admit and say, watch all the videos that I was told to create? I was told to title them this way, describe them this way.
They gave me the script, it told me to do this, it told me to push this out at this time, use these keywords, say these things to you so I can appear as an expert. It’s a lie.
How I Use VidIQ
That is deception. Now don’t get me wrong. I like Vidiq. I like what TubeBuddy can do in the sense of authentic optimization.
I use vidiq. I go in there with a video after it’s done and I look for the keywords. I use it to say, okay, I’m going to. I feel like it should be titled this.
I look at the different titles, I look at the different options, I look at competitors. Where can I place my authority, my authenticity, my not prompted prep? This is my idea. I was coming up with this idea in the car before going inside.
Watch Out and Check Their Trail
I’m recording this a little bit long, a little bit of a ramp, but here you go. This is me. The problem that I have is, and I guess people will do what they’re going to do.
How many are out there using this as a crutch, as a tool to fool people into believing they know what they’re talking about? That’s scary to me. And then, oh, you’re going to go buy their online course or, oh, you’re going to hire them as a consultant and when they consult with you, what are they going to do?
Are they going to go in and then tap into Vidiq or ChatGPT, you know, the latest trending answers? The point that I’m making here in this little bit long, oversized and definitely not prompted rant is watch out.
Check. As you’re looking to someone when you’re thinking about working with them or buying their course or getting involved with them, look at their background, look at their trail. Are they jumping through every hoop to appear like they know everything, to try to grab you into profit from you, or do they genuinely have a base of authenticity, authority, knowledge, and for that matter, humility? And that might be someone that you genuinely want to connect with?
Prompted Content in My Talks
Tools for creating authentic messaging while keeping perceptions, AI abuse and over saturation in mind.
- Brand Communications Speaking and Keynotes
- Services
- Brand Messaging Blueprint Strategies for Creative Careers
Questions and Answers
Is it wrong to use AI to write YouTube scripts?
Using AI to write the whole script can be where the problem starts, since the ideas and words then come from the tool and not from the creator. Using tools for optimization after the work is done may be a different thing.
How do VidIQ and TubeBuddy help content creators?
VidIQ and TubeBuddy can help with keyword research and authentic optimization, and Loren Weisman uses VidIQ after a video is done to look at keywords, titles, options and competitors. Prompting these tools for full scripts and descriptions may be where the help turns into a crutch.
How can you tell if an online expert has real expertise?
Checking a person’s background and trail can help before buying their course or hiring them as a consultant. A base of authenticity, authority, knowledge and humility may tell you more than a person jumping through every hoop to appear to know everything.
Why are so many YouTube videos about the same topic?
Many YouTube videos can cover the same topic because tools can be prompted to say what is trending and what to talk about now. Dozens if not hundreds of creators may make the same review video on one trending topic.
What is the risk of hiring a consultant who relies on AI prompts?
A consultant who built an expert image on prompted content may lean on the same tools when consulting with you. The question can be whether that person would tap into VidIQ or ChatGPT for the latest trending answers instead of bringing knowledge of their own.
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Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.
Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.
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