I watch Techmoan a lot and I rarely if ever think clickbait, they are almost all straightforward. It was apparently advertised as smart, having a personality, etc

So is a lot of the stuff marketed as machine learning or AI.

With an input/outpt data approach that was limited enough, there was the Magic 8 Ball.

https://magic-8ball.com/magic-8-ball-answers/

No learning actually necessary for an MVP, certainly not AI but there will always be people who want to believe in some fairly thin smoke & mirrors.

The way Youtube works these days, creators pretty much have to have something to hook people or else their videos gain popularity too slowly and are quickly pushed out of view. It sucks, and some channels are worse than others, but it's a consequence of how human brains work and the Youtube ranking algorithms.

Perhaps creators could include an official non-sensationalized title in the video description that we can use on sites like HN.