How I created a 1k subscribers Youtube channel with AI

Author

Andrei-Ovidiu Ersen
July 20, 2024

This was actually my first real interaction with AI: building a YouTube channel.

What I realized is that you can automate posting on social media with AI.

I was first doing videos to help with learning languages.

I was using the following tools:

  • ChatGPT for writing a script in a foreign language and the translation in English;

  • DallE and Midjourney for creating images;

  • Synthesia for combining them into a video and for voiceovers (https://app.synthesia.io/)

Then I was uploading the videos manually.

This took 30 minutes for a 2-minute video !!!

Still very good compared to editing images myself and writing the script (in language I didn’t know haha) but it took a long time.

Then I thought about creating something myself to make the process more efficiently.

I was new to coding, but it seemed as the best option.

So I started working on this project: a completely automated YouTube channel.

I used ChatGPT to help me write the code.

I used OpenAI APIs for:

  • writing the script;

  • generating images;

  • voiceovers;

Then I combined all of them in a video.

I used a Google API to post the videos automatically.

Now I can post 7 videos (some google restrictions) in one click. At it costs a few cents.

This is how AI will change your business and your life:

  • transform 30 minutes of work in 0 minutes;

  • transform high costs into almost 0$ (Synthesia was about 300 $/year while the APIs were cheap)

But you don’t want AI to write the content for you. It may make huge mistakes!

That’s completely true. Let’s see how to solve this problem!

Solution 1. Systems

Everybody is talking about systems. What are these?

It’s when you find a good and efficient way of doing something, and you create templates for that.

It will help you gain more clarity.

You can create systems for social media:

  • use similar structures for posts on X;

  • use the same format for YouTube videos;

  • Use the same background image for Instagram posts

Then you should start working on automating the content generation process.

The future is to use apps that integrate your favorite systems and AI, while still allowing you to edit posts and to use your creativity.

This is what I am working on.

Don’t hesitate to contact me on X at https://x.com/ErsenAndre84606 if you have other suggestions.

Thanks for reading.

Take care,

Andrei