"AI Garbage Day: How Criticism Changed My Creative Process

The landscape of content creation is rapidly evolving. Recently, I encountered an intriguing response to my YouTube experiment—someone dismissed my AI-assisted sports commentary as "AI garbage." While not the feedback I'd hoped for, it sparked some valuable reflection.

As an artist and former athlete, I've long dreamed of creating a daily animated sports cartoon, similar to traditional newspaper comic strips. Sports commentary presents a unique challenge: there's always a fresh story, but that's also the difficulty. News cycles are incredibly short—take the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight, for instance. These stories flash by in an instant, leaving creators scrambling to keep pace.

I saw an opportunity with YouTube's recent expansion of "shorts" from one to three minutes. My vision? To build a sports commentary channel from scratch, focusing on organic growth through quality content and smart optimization. But the "garbage" comment highlighted a crucial point: AI lacks natural humor. As the old theater saying goes, "If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage!" Algorithmic writing tends toward predictability, while genuine humor requires personality.

This realization led to "Sports Beef," a hybrid project combining human creativity with AI assistance. The show features three characters: Bill Scores (a former whiffle ball champion with a knack for solving Rubik's cube), Beef Washington (a multi-sport legend), and Kara Evans (an ex-WNBA player). Each episode delivers Beef, Bill, and Kara’s unique perspective on current sports events.

My production process blends various tools—ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, HeyGen, and Adobe's creative suite—but with a crucial human element. While AI helps with visual creation and basic scripting, the final writing and editing remain decidedly human. After all, musicians earn more for writing their own songs, and audiences crave the unexpected, not algorithmic predictability.

“Sports Beef” is designed for YouTube Shorts. Each episode will be vertical and under 3 minutes in length. 

The show will run three times weekly, with carefully chosen time slots: Tuesdays at 3:00 PM ET (catching the post-lunch social media browse), Thursdays at 7:00 PM ET (prime evening engagement), and Sundays at 11:00 AM ET (the perfect pre-NFL window).

That initial "AI garbage" comment was a valuable reminder: AI is just a tool, like a puppet waiting for a puppeteer. In a world where technology makes it easy to say what's expected, the human touch—our unique perspectives, humor, and creativity—becomes more vital than ever.

I am starting the channel this morning. I'll publish 5 titles to start, then 3 a week.

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