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"...provided he's acting ethnically."

Well, one YouTuber I follow, don't remember which, was quite irate and disappointed regarding his coverage of a recent self-driving cars video (IIRC), that amounted to ~"barely a bit more than an ad". (Haven't watched the Veritasium's video in question yet, so cannot really comment on the veracity of the claims.)

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Well, 3% into the video he mentions it's a sponsored video, so I'm not sure that saying it's too ad like is valid criticism. Perhaps him using his platform for ads is a valid criticism, but nearly every Youtuber makes their living at least in part doing sponsor videos/segments, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

For what it's worth, I enjoyed the video. However I'm bullish on Waymo's approach to self driving, so I wouldn't feel it as much if the video is too positive.

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