LLMs are mirrors. They take whatever the user (or the institution, or the platform) is already doing and amplify it. Sycophancy is the consumer-facing version: model converges to flattery because that's what user-approval optimization actually selects for.
The model removes the friction that used to make us stop and check ourselves. The same property that makes it useful makes it amplification machinery.
I have ADHD and zero patience for videos/podcasts so I really need something like this. This link is also a video that's why I mention it :) Obviously I didn't watch it.
So ADHD or not, this is a common demand.
Title: How to make my aunt's donuts.
AI Summary: In this video author shares his perfect recipe for making donuts and some other similar treats from custom made dough, based on a recipe running in his family, then he shares some tips on making them more appetizing.
What about just not watching the videos and podcasts? Reads more like a FOMO problem.
Basically downloading the video, trimming it with sponsorblock, running through whisper to transcribe and then making a readable article with an LLM. It would not have to be hard. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet, not from youtube itself indeed for reasons you mention but still.