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Adam Savage’s Tested · 11:29

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NOTE: We had tried YouTube's new "thumbnail creation" tool and put it to an A/B test alongside our original thumb out of curiosity. RESULT: The AI-generated thumbnail "won" by an extremely slim margin, largely so people could complain about it -- understandably. CONCLUSION: There's no reason -- and we have no plans -- to use AI thumbnails on Tested, and this test showed why. Our own thumbnail is n…

NOTE: We had tried YouTube's new "thumbnail creation" tool and put it to an A/B test alongside our original thumb out of curiosity. RESULT: The AI-generated thumbnail "won" by an extremely slim margin, largely so people could complain about it -- understandably. CONCLUSION: There's no reason -- and we have no plans -- to use AI thumbnails on Tested, and this test showed why. Our own thumbnail is n…

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