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  1. Make all AI features optional, and opt-out by default.

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    PinsterWGlasses supported this idea  · 
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    PinsterWGlasses commented  · 

    Twitch will not survive this if AI features are completely optional and data scraping/training is op-out by default. Even if the streamers themselves don't leave, the viewers likely will because watching REAL people with REAL lives and opinions and thoughts and actions are what streaming is all about, and if average people can't find the only good thing about your site easily, they will leave.

    Larger creators may be tethered to the site, but smaller, tighter communities can and will find better, AI free spaces to consume and produce content. Most large streamers also community build on platforms outside of Twitch, and for good reason, and viewers will likely find alternative ways to watch their favorites, especially now with Patreon and other platforms introducing streaming.

    That isn't even to speak on the untold amount of regular people (the ones you pay YOUR bills) who are either ambivalent toward or absolutely despise AI with many people who once favored it changing their minds. You will end up investing millions into dead features and you will have lost what little good faith you have left.

    Likewise, if you take a concrete stance AGAINST AI, you could have the reverse affect. You will stand out amongst the hundreds of corporations using AI. You'll regain trust. You might even spark more newbies to start streaming on your platform instead of sticking to other sites. You could make a better name for yourself that you already desperately need.