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Ali Abdaal's AI experiment gives viewers questions for his editor

Nine uploads include a learn-on-camera editing challenge, with Parth's human-made version becoming part of the conversation.

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I Tried Fully Automating My Video Editing With AI (RAW RESULTS)

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1:34Editing involves more than cuts: Ali separates footage selection, B-roll, motion graphics, pacing and sound design.
15:12Initial DaVinci drafts struggle with audio cuts and pacing, while HyperFrames produces cleaner text-based visuals.
25:01Ali separates the workflow into cutting real footage and generating standalone animated motion plates.
31:30A tighter script leads to refilming, followed by automated cutting and manual trims.
34:55Parth's human edit supplies a comparison for sound design, custom graphics and overall polish.
44:26Ali shows Izzy the final versions and judges the AI-assisted work close to human quality.

Parth's edit has become an attraction of its own beneath Ali Abdaal's latest AI experiment. Viewers are asking for lessons from the human editor, and one raises a practical question: how long does it take to reach a publishable result once all the corrections are included?

"I Tried Fully Automating My Video Editing With AI (RAW RESULTS)" is the most watched of Ali's nine uploads this week, reaching roughly 184,000 views. The assignment is promotional: make a launch video for his own platform, CreatorGrid. The episode also contains a sponsored segment for Wispr Flow.

What makes the comparison interesting is the work that survives the automation. Ali shortens his script, refilms his delivery and combines automated cutting with manual trims. When he inspects Parth's version, he singles out its sound design, polish and custom graphics. Ali ultimately rates his AI-assisted results close to human quality, but the comments keep returning to the craft behind that comparison, including requests to see how Parth uses AI himself.

Elsewhere, the week's titles return to familiar creator-business questions: "Overthinking your niche? Do this" and "Do you need an audience to make money online?" His earlier "Brutally Honest Advice About Productivity in 26 Minutes" remains the next-busiest video after the editing experiment.

Across the channel, weekly views topped a million while subscribers stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is slightly below its usual pace. Mel Robbins and Lewis Howes had larger weekly viewing totals among nearby self-improvement channels; Ali's week centers on a more specific curiosity: what happens when the person teaching productivity sits down to learn a demanding new workflow himself?

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What viewers say

The useful comparison is total time to a publishable edit, including all the corrections. Would love to see that beside the human edit- not just the generation time.
@mugheesmehdiSee it on YouTube
Ask Parth to make videos teaching his craft, bro is amazing!!!
@thedesirewilliamscSee it on YouTube
This reminds me of a good old Mike Boyd "learn quick" style video, I like it!
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This has been the same experience for us with editing. You hear all the hype that Claude can fully edit videos, you spend all day trying to get something useable out of it, and then you just end up doing it yourself lol.
@the_allens_See it on YouTube
GREAT VIDEO! I loved this format. i watched the entire thing because this is something that ive been wanting to learn and do as well. NEXT VIDEO should be about what your editor Parsh uses and how he edits with AI tools. I personally would love to see that
@ItsTvangSee it on YouTube
Briefing the AI the way you’d brief a new editor is such a good lesson for any team.
@drlepora1See it on YouTube
This is a great format, love it!
@DadLab360See it on YouTube