YouTube’s new Inspiration Tab promises to help creators generate new video ideas using AI.
The tool analyzes your channel and with the click of a button, gives you titles, thumbnails, and a video outline.
So, Corridor Crew — known for their VFX reactions & shorts — decided to put it to the test.
And what they found was…rough.
Let’s break it down.
Most Creators Say: AI Slop
In a video about the tool, Corridor Crew asked a group of top creators to try the Inspiration Tab live.
The result? Confusion. Laughter. Mild existential dread.
- Joel Haver got ideas like "24 Hours In Real-Life Dinglemire", an animated character he invented and plays in his videos
- Comedy channel Almost Friday TV got a video idea called "The Secret to a Long and Happy Life" — which YouTube itself labeled as "low interest."
- Jacksfilms, whose channel does not focus on fashion, got "The Real Cost of Fast Fashion: An In-Depth Look"
The thumbnails looked like AI-generated nonsense. The topics were generic, repetitive, or off-brand.
One Exception: Linus Tech Tips
Linus said the tool shocked him — in a good way.
“'Can You 3D Print a CPU Cooler' is literally [a video] that we will be doing.”
"'Building a $10 Computer for Retro Gaming' — that's actually a really outstanding title."
Turns out, after 7,000+ tech related uploads, his channel might be the perfect training set for YouTube’s algorithm. He even said his team could use the tool to flesh out early-stage ideas.
Still, he made one thing clear: “Like any AI tool, the expectation is that you’re filtering what it's feeding you. Not just blindly taking it.”
Tool or Shortcut?
That’s the question Corridor kept coming back to.
Most creators weren’t just unimpressed — they were uneasy. Because to them, inspiration is the most human part of making anything.
“How are you supposed to really care about what you're making if you didn't ever have the inspiration to make it?" Sam Gorski said, one of founders of Corridor Crew.
"And then why would anyone ever care about watching it if there's no passion or inspiration put into it?”
His verdict? The Inspiration Tab feels less like a spark of creativity and more like a shortcut that misses the point.
What’s Next
After the video went live, Corridor Crew said YouTube reached out to schedule a meeting about the feature.
So, it looks like the company’s listening. But for now, most creators aren’t ditching their whiteboards just yet.
Our Take
Haver summed it up best: "The beauty of having an idea is going, ‘This is my idea.’”
Tools can help you refine it, execute it, even enhance it.
But when they start telling you what to create — you stop being an artist and start becoming an employee of the algorithm. And no one logs into YouTube for that.