I love watching You Tube in the evening, catching up on all the latest economics and finance news.
Then I come across this guy and thought to myself what in the AI slop is this all about then…
You may have seen this guy in your YT Algorithm, Lets call him “AI generated Adam.”
The same face. The same voice. The same formula. Six (at least) near-identical channels, two in French:
- My Future Trends
- Rising Economy
- Truth Behind Economics
- RealPolitikPoint
- Historien Financier Français
- L’Historien des Pièces
…and a time of publishing a new one just hit.. Capital Pulse Daily
How this AI slop factory operates
The creator uses AI to scrape trending financial topics and statements from legitimate sources; company websites, news articles, and other YouTubers. These are padded out with vague, repetitive filler words to reach 6–10 minutes. One or two real company names or data points are dropped in for credibility, then delivered by a generic stock “Asian economist” avatar over cheap AI-generated visuals.
The goal is straightforward: farm views, exploit the algorithm, and monetise.
Some videos go further, closely impersonating the style and delivery of known geopolitical commentator Professor Jiang — bordering on brandjacking.
Below are examples from these channels (feel free to watch, then check the original scraped sources I’ve linked alongside them).
Entities casually mentioned across these videos include Sci Quantum, International Energy Agency, swarm farm robotics, Posco, Suncable, Lynas Rare Earths (Amongst others)
| My Future Trends | Rising Economy | Truth Behind Economics |
| PWC AU Singapore | SBS AU Russian Sanctions article | 7am podcast episodes |
| Historian Financier Francais | L’Historien Des Pieces | Real Politik |
| Jay Voorhees Article |
Ionq statement Transcript replication of another Youtuber | Original Professor Jiang Content |
Why this should concern the critical minerals sector, amongst others
AI is already saturating advertising and marketing. Fake backdrops, AI-altered products, and synthetic influencers are flooding Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook feeds. But the consumers are already showing feedback signs of brand disengagement and fatigue.
That same dynamic is now bleeding into economics and finance content. In an AI-saturated environment, everything starts to look like it’s selling something. Everything feels algorithmically boosted, artificially manufactured, and vaguely dishonest — even when the underlying company is legitimate… and has no idea this is happening!
For Australia’s critical minerals and energy sector, this is particularly damaging. Small- and mid-cap developers already require time and careful planning to build investor trust and secure capital when establishing themselves. When low-effort AI channels casually drop names like Lynas Rare Earths or Suncable into generic hype scripts, it cheapens their reputation. It associates serious companies with spam, making it harder for them to stand out and attract genuine investment.
This isn’t just visual noise, this is a slow erosion of credibility for an entire strategic sector, purely from low effort AI for monetisation sake.
Platform response vs current reality
YouTube has clear guidelines requiring disclosure of AI-generated content. This operator has ignored them on multiple channels.
In January 2026, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publicly promised a crackdown on AI slop. Yet months later, these channels and many like them continue operating in plain sight and their rapid multi-channel growth in ratings stands to potentially delegitimise company integrity.
The bigger picture
We’re already seeing the same algorithm tactics applied to politics. Low effort channels like Aussie Pulse targeting disengaged voters with low-effort content, this one even sells AI-generated merch.
Yes, AI generated merch! … half the shirt designs don’t even make sense!
This raises serious questions: With our ageing demographics and their decreasing ability to accurately identify AI slop. How long until political parties, lobbyists, and activists weaponise similar AI-generated media to easily cheapen, distort, and attack opposing parties with low effort content like this?
The finance and tech sector is most certainly overdue for more discussions around this subject.
Thank you for reading my content.