Policing AI abuse is the subject of this video for creators, viewers and anyone weighing AI misuse online. AI abuse and misinformation online are rising, and I believe it is time to talk about penalties and transparency. The full transcription and questions and answers follow the video.
This video first went up on YouTube on June 3, 2025. The written post was added on November 14, 2026.
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Is It Time for Policing AI Abuse Online?
Policing AI abuse online may be needed now, in Loren Weisman’s view, as AI is still in a wild west stage where the abuses can almost outweigh its many great uses. Taking AI away is not his suggestion, but liability, accountability and some level of penalization may lead to a clean, clear, transparent state.
- The current state of AI can feel more concerning than the chaos and lack of clarity of the Napster era lawsuits in the music industry.
- Some coaches may tell people who lose a channel for AI misuse to start a faceless channel or use another name and email.
- People may now use AI to falsify interactions, such as a picture, a video or a review with someone they claim to work with.
- A small stamp in the corner marking content as AI generated, when a person or place is altered from the truth, may be one small step.
- An AI generated kitchen background may not need policing, but faking a place or access a person does not have can be where a line begins.
Policing AI Abuse: The Full Transcription
From Napster to the Wild West of AI
When, if ever, are we going to see the penalization about abuse or lying with AI online? Jump back 22 some years and in the middle of all the Napster and the craziness that was going on inside the music industry, a series of lawsuits started jumping down on people that were illegally downloading files, music files, in the middle of this, it was chaos and the wild West.
People didn’t understand things. People were able to counter in certain cases, others were, you know, it was out the door, but there was a lack of clarity. Music and I was a musician, but that actually concerns me less than where we’re at right now.
Now there’s discussions about people using AI improperly and having their YouTube channel taken down so they do another YouTube channel. And unfortunately many of these coaches state, oh, if you get busted for this, all you have to do is do a faceless YouTube channel or use a different name or create another email and then you’re up and at them again.
Falsified Interactions and Accountability
Until I believe, until we get to a point where we set the liability, the accountability and for that matter the policing of AI, we are not going to be in a clean, clear, transparent state. There are many that are.
I mean, yes, many have falsified numbers in the past, but now people are falsifying interactions. I work with so and so, look, here’s a picture of me with that person. Here’s a video with me talking to them, here’s them giving a review, that that review isn’t actually real and that that image isn’t actually real or the video, whatever.
I believe we have to come to a point right now as AI is still in this wild west framing to showcase, okay, here are the great uses for it and there are many, many great for it. But right now we have a time where the abuses are almost outweighing it.
I’m not saying take it away, but without some kind of discipline, disciplinary action system, without some kind of policing, without some kind of accountability, what happens? And then at the same time, where do we go from here?
A Stamp in the Corner and Where the Line Is
I believe small steps of being able to state, okay, so you want to do something where you have some kind of person or place or something where it really is altered from the truth to be able to put a little stamp up in a corner. This is AI generated, this is an AI generated whatever.
Now, not necessarily saying for, for certain videos you, you have an AI generated background, you say, okay, I want a kitchen in the background. I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing and I don’t necessarily think that that needs to be policed.
However, if you’re placing yourself in a very famous kitchen or you’ve had yourself AI generated into a famous chef’s kitchen or someplace where you are not pretending to do things that you don’t do or you don’t have access to do, that, to me, is where the line begins to get drawn. And I know there are many people that disagree with that.
Oh, that’s for them to look into. Or I checked this little box on the backside when I uploaded this. That’s something to do. But at the same time, is that really going to control the problem?
The False Auto Trade Show
And as you look at people that you’re thinking about hiring, the products that you’re thinking about getting, you have these people at trade shows. Here’s that. And there was that thing, it was going through online recently, and it was a trade show.
It was a false auto trade show. And it was amazing. And looking at the footage from it, it was outstanding. It looked pretty real, except it wasn’t real.
These people were giving reviews that weren’t real. Now that’s all good and all fun. And fortunately, on that given video up in the corner says AI generated. Here’s the problem.
AI Hype, Penalization and Protection
There are many right now that are building these AI product reviews. They’re building AI hype. They’re building claims that are not true. And that impacts the potential customer, that impacts the potential client.
So right now I do believe that we have to come to a time where some level of penalization, some level of policing, some level of accountability needs to come in with AI. Otherwise, how much, how much will it cost others?
How could it hurt others? And yes, it is a responsibility on our part to dig in deeper, to vet, but many people don’t dig that much deeper. And how are they going to be protected?
And while on the wild west of it, oh, that’s on them. What can we do collectively to support each other with the proper use, the proper accountability, and the proper transparency when it comes to AI?
And I think penalization, policing and accountability is going to be one of those steps.
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Questions and Answers
How does the AI era compare to the Napster era?
The current state of AI may be more concerning than the Napster era, which brought lawsuits over illegal music downloads, chaos and a lack of clarity. Right now the abuses of AI can almost outweigh its many great uses.
Which AI generated content could be labeled?
Content where a person, place or thing is altered from the truth could carry a small stamp in the corner saying it is AI generated. An AI generated kitchen background may not be a problem, but placing yourself in a famous chef’s kitchen, or somewhere you do not have access to, can be where the line begins to get drawn.
How are people using AI to fake credibility online?
People can use AI to falsify interactions, not only numbers. Examples may include a picture with someone a person claims to work with, a video of them talking together, or a review from that person that may not be real.
What happens when a YouTube channel is taken down for AI misuse?
Some people whose channel is taken down for improper AI use may start another channel. Some coaches even say a faceless channel, a different name or another email can get them going again, which is part of why, in Loren Weisman’s view, liability, accountability and policing of AI may be needed.
Are AI generated product reviews a problem for customers?
AI generated product reviews, AI hype and claims that are not true can impact potential customers and clients. Vetting may be part of everyone’s responsibility, but many people often do not dig that much deeper, which can raise the question of how they will be protected.
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Policing AI Abuse: Penalties and Accountability Online