I understand that AJ is trying to not have as much staff as possible to save on costs.

But AJ has said in the past on livestreams "we don't use AI here on the show" and its rubbed me the wrong way since he's said that. AJ doesn't seem like the manipulative type, he seems like a good caring person so I don't know why he lies about his one thing.

There are multiple blatant uses of AI on the channel, from the artwork, to the voices that give testimonials to make it feel more authentic, and I'm 90% certain the song was both written and sung by AI.

I think AI will be a great use in the future when the technology progresses further in a few years, but its slowly killing the channel. I haven't been interested in watching a single episode in the last 2 years because of the heavy use of AI, the bad cadence it gives when talking just ruins the vibe for me. It would just be cheaper to just hire some cheap voice actors off of fiverr with a channel of his size.

My only main issue is that he lied about not using Ai in the past and its just being used more and more, and it wouldn't surprise me if the latest scripts were written with ai as well.

I love AJ and hecklefish, but it doesn't even feel like AJ's show anymore. It just feels like something that isn't even human.

edit : for those wondering when he said that he didn't use AI, you'll have to go to a past broadcast on one of the livestreams someone donated to him asking about the use of AI on the show once before. I remember he was talking about it on a stream back 6 or 7 months ago. I don't remember exactly which stream. But yes, if you feel the need you can find the clip on where he said it somewhere a while back.