Earlier this week, in a move that closely mirrors the Community Notes feature of Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube has started experimenting with a new feature.
What Happened: On Monday, Jay Baxter, a senior engineer at X spoke about the development at YouTube saying that Google's online video-sharing platform is replicating Community Notes with remarkable precision, including the same note rating options and algorithms.
"YouTube is copying Community Notes right down to the nitty-gritty details," he said, adding, "To be honest I thought they'd take the core idea and then rebuild it more from scratch, so it's a big vote of confidence to see them copy many of the lower-level details too."
Baxter went on to express hope that YouTube would follow X's lead in open-sourcing their data and code stating, "I do believe Community Notes should be everywhere. We open-source our data and code after all, and I hope YT does too!"
To be honest I thought they'd take the core idea and then rebuild it more from scratch, so it's a big vote of confidence to see them copy many of the lower-level details too.
I do believe Community Notes should be everywhere. We open source our data and code after all, and I...
— Jay Baxter (@_jaybaxter_) June 17, 2024
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Why It Matters: YouTube's notes feature will allow users to clarify aspects of a video, such as whether it's a parody or contains older footage presented as a current event. If a note is found useful, it may appear in a small box beneath the video.
Meanwhile, Musk has time and again touted the Community Notes feature, often crediting it for making X the best source of truth. However, there's also a potential for notes to contain errors or irrelevant information. Previously, Musk's Community Notes erroneously noted a graphic video shared by Donald Trump Jr.
YouTube appears to be taking lessons from Community Notes' trial and error. The platform has restricted the pilot phase to a limited group of users and evaluators. It also acknowledged that any incorrect information is "part of how we'll learn from the experiment."
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本週早些時候，Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) 旗下的 YouTube 開始試驗一項新功能，此舉與伊隆馬斯克的 Twitter X 的社區筆記功能非常相似。
發生了什麼：週一，X的高級工程師傑伊·巴克斯特在YouTube上談到了這一發展，他說谷歌的在線視頻共享平台正在非常精確地複製社區筆記，包括相同的筆記評級選項和算法。
他說：“YouTube正在複製社區筆記，直至細緻入微的細節，說實話，我認爲他們會採納核心思想，然後從頭開始進行更多重建，因此，看到他們也複製許多較低級別的細節是很大的信任投票。”
Baxter接着表示希望YouTube能夠效仿X的做法，將其數據和代碼開源，他說：“我確實相信社區筆記應該無處不在。畢竟我們開源了我們的數據和代碼，我希望 YT 也這樣做！”
說實話，我認爲他們會採納核心思想，然後從頭開始對其進行更多重建，因此，看到他們也複製許多較低級別的細節是一個很大的信任票。
我確實相信社區筆記應該無處不在。畢竟我們開源我們的數據和代碼，而我...
— 傑伊·巴克斯特 (@_jaybaxter_) 2024 年 6 月 17 日
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YouTube沒有立即回應本辛加的置評請求。
爲何重要：YouTube的筆記功能將允許用戶澄清視頻的各個方面，例如該視頻是模仿還是包含作爲時事呈現的舊鏡頭。如果發現某條筆記有用，它可能會出現在視頻下方的一個小框中。
同時，馬斯克一次又一次地吹捧社區筆記功能，經常稱讚它使X成爲最佳的真相來源。但是，筆記也有可能包含錯誤或無關信息。此前，馬斯克的《社區筆記》錯誤地記錄了小唐納德·特朗普分享的圖片視頻。
YouTube似乎正在從社區筆記的反覆試驗中吸取教訓。該平台已將試點階段限制爲有限的用戶和評估人員群體。它還承認，任何不正確的信息都是 “我們從實驗中吸取教訓的一部分”。
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