Are YouTube’s Terraria video ideas any good?

Are YouTube’s Terraria video ideas any good?

YouTube’s “Inspiration” tab is a new feature in 
YouTube Studio, where creators can get video idea recommendations from the YouTube AI. The AI 
goes over your channel and tries to generate video ideas for your next video – complete with 
title, description, hook, outline, and thumbnail. Now, while AI has been pretty good at raising 
company stock prices, it’s less good at creating suggestions or content around specific topics – 
especially niche ones, like a specific video game. So… based on all the data it has from 
my channel and Terraria more broadly, how well can it generate video ideas? 
Like, are they usable initially, or can they at least be used as a jumping-off 
point or “inspiration” for the creator? Well, if you want the answer now, let’s 
just say this is the only video idea I’ll be getting relating to YouTube Inspiration. I can 
assure you of that, so, don’t be concerned. Yes, it’s pretty bad… but at the same time 
it’s also pretty funny, so let’s dive in. Among the video ideas I saved, the first 
video idea it gave me was this one: “Can you beat Terraria with only a single item?” Obviously, this is based off of all 
those “Can you beat…” videos that are all so popular on Terratube these days. 
Makes sense why the AI would choose this. Other than that, the outline of this is pretty 
standard and what you’d expect from an AI, except that this video idea is literally 
impossible. Even ignoring feasibility of any kind, you need at least two items to beat 
the game: some pickaxe to break the Plantera’s Bulb and a Lihzahrd Power Cell to fight Golem.
I guess looking at the thumbnails it generated, it probably meant beating it with a single weapon 
– which is definitely possible – although I’d say it’s a bit of clickbait if you chose to title it 
like that with this reduced premise. Maybe the AI is baking in some clickbait, but I dunno.
The next idea I saved is this one: “Is Terraria’s 1.5 update worth the hype?”
This one personally drew my attention for the same reason it probably also drew your attention. Now, 
I don’t know if you’ve been following the news, but Terraria 1.5 has not been released or even 
announced in any way, shape or being, nor does it seem to be coming out anytime soon. Interestingly, 
the AI actually seems to hallucinate about future updates quite a lot. While browsing, I saw 
plenty of both 1.4.5 and 1.5 ideas in the mix, even though both of them haven’t come out yet.
Regardless though, a video surrounding the “hype” of a non-existent, unannounced 
update is probably not a good video idea. Probably the first idea that actually 
made me audibly cackle is this one: “Calamity’s Newest Update: The Fabsol Crisis”.
Now, for those out of the loop, recently, the Calamity Mod’s longtime lead developer 
and key figure Fabsol left the development team following allegations. The whole situation 
itself is something best covered by others as I am not a news or drama YouTuber, but all you 
need to know is that it’s a thing that happened. However, the AI apparently saw this whole 
thing and thought: hmmm… this must be a new event in a Calamity Mod update! New game 
content! New game content, everyone! Yeah… Reading this, it seems like it interpreted it 
to be some pillars-esque style world event, with unique mechanics – such as “Fabsol energy”, 
as well as, apparently, challenges. It’s truly amazing how much bullshit the generator can 
hallucinate when given a prompt about something. Obviously, a lot of what Inspiration brings to the 
table is highly reminiscent of existing content. For example, this video idea – essentially 
a pacifist playthrough of the game – has already been done, most popularly by Gungnir.
Meanwhile, this video idea bears a striking resemblance to one of my videos, which also covers 
the extreme limits of housing requirements. It also spelt “oppressive” wrong, which I find funny.
Then, there’s this idea, which is basically just a Sock video in its most basic form. 
It even nailed the thumbnail style, so, from here we can at least speculate that the 
AI has been watching quite a bit of Sockrteez. However, nothing beats this idea, where 
Inspiration basically just took this month-old Chippy video and tacked on six characters to 
the end. Now, I’m wondering how many creators can even use this idea since a prerequisite for 
this is that Redigit has sent you not just one, but two packages, but I digress. I 
just think the similarity is funny. Among all the ideas I had saved though – beating 
the ridiculous premises and nothing-burger videos, separating itself from the brow-raising 
hallucinations and crazy thumbnails – was this video. This is the craziest video 
idea I’ve ever seen generated by an actual, professional thing. “Terraria’s Hidden 
Lore: The True Story of The Shrimp”. What first raised my attention was the 
description: “the humble shrimp in Terraria may seem insignificant, but a deeper look 
reveals a connection to the world’s most powerful beings and a story that touches 
upon the very fabric of reality.” What? Reading further, it only gets a bit more insane.
“The Humble Shrimp’s Unexpected Origins. Pose the question: Why would such a creature 
exist in such an isolated location, and what purpose might it serve?”
“Examine the shrimp’s appearance and its potential link to the ancient Cthulhu mythos.”
“Analyze the shrimp’s “eyes” – are they truly eyes, or something more?”
“Dive into theories surrounding the shrimp’s role in the game lore, 
particularly its link to the “Old Ones.”” “IS IT A GOD?”
I mean… cool, cool, but guys, it’s a fucking shrimp. It’s not even an enemy. 
You fish it out of the water, where it exists as an item only. Shrimp’s literal only purpose 
is to be cooked into a food item that gives a decent but not amazing buff. That’s it. So… 
why are we treating it like the Moon Lord now? I have absolutely no clue what kind of crack 
the AI smoked to come up with this idea, but whatever it got, I want some of it. 
It’s just crazy – I don’t even know anymore. So, yeah, those are some of the video ideas I 
got through Inspiration. I’m not really feeling particularly “inspired”, but at least I got one 
video idea out of it. Thanks YouTube for adding one more footnote, I guess.
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