Scottish historian here, saw your request for feedback on Reddit but I deactivated my account a wee while back so I couldn't reply there. Sorry mate, but this is quite off-base from start to finish - was it also written by AI? The constant references to freedom, majestic Highlands, etc makes it feel so. The Neolithic people who raised the first stone circles were not Celts, they didn't live in hillforts (those don't emerge until the Bronze Age), and standing stones were not adorned with Pictish symbols in that period because the Picts wouldn't exist until the 5th century AD, 3,000+ years later. Hadrian's Wall was not the northernmost edge of the Roman Empire, not even close. The Antonine Wall is many miles further north, as is the Gask Ridge set of fortifications. I'm currently about a mile from a massive Roman fort 50 miles north of Hadrian's Wall! In the 1st and early 3rd centuries AD Romans marched at least as far north as the Moray Firth. Connecting Caledonian resistance to "the enduring independence of the Scottish spirit" is totally anachronistic, as Scotland would not exist for another 700+ years and the tribes who fought the Romans were far from unified. You reduce medieval Scotland (after a massive time jump completely skipping the Early Historic period in which the Kingdom of Scotia was forged from various sub-kingdoms) to the Wars of Independence, which is extremely simplistic. Scotland was sovereign until 1296 when Edward I conquered much of it, and it regained its territorial sovereignty by the late 1310s. Bannockburn did not "secure Scotland's independence", it booted the English army out (aside from a few castles) but it was the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328 that recognised Scotland's domains. Coverage of the 17th century religious wars is far, far too cursory and describing the motivations of the Covenanters vs Royalists as merely opposed ot or upholding the king's authority is simply not on point. In your description, you imply that Nessie is in the Isle of Skye which is incorrect. I see what you were going for here, but between the AI voice, extreme oversimplifications, and most of the key info being factually incorrect, this needs a ton more research to be taken seriously by anyone who knows what they're talking about. I don't expect a 3-hour megadocumentary going into every little detail, but you're skipping huge swathes of history and getting some pretty basic facts about the ones you do cover entirely wrong. Sorry to be so critical, but I found major issues in almost every sentence.
Hey thanks for the feedback. I got help writing the script with AI but I did a lot of research myself. I’m possibly not doing a great job though. Still you so learning to gather more factual information is a skill I need to develop. I do really appreciate your feedback whether you find it to be quite harsh or not. Any recommendations on where is a good place for gathering information? I find a few inaccuracies when it comes to Google searches. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Also, I will add, I am aware I may be lacking more information between certain periods of time. It’s my fault for trying to rush a bit maybe. I’m worried if I make a video so long choked with information that people may lose interest or become bored
@@onaraisedbeach Again though, I really appreciate your feedback whether it be negative or positive I can learn from it. I promise to do better with information gathering for my next video and maybe I’ll take a had at writing the script myself. I’m just worried I won’t be able to articulate properly, but I will try :)
@@ProfKion Ok. Was your research limited to Google searches, or did you read any research papers in publications like the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Discovery & Excavation Scotland, or university press books? Because if all you did was search basic terms on Google and let AI fill in the blanks, you didn't actually do any historical research. Quite frankly, if I or any of my colleagues - and I know most major historians working in Scotland today - found out that someone used AI and Google searches for a project, that person would be blacklisted from ever publishing or getting work in universities or history/archaeology organisations. Calling yourself a historian when you just use AI and Google is like calling yourself an astronaut because you sometimes look up at the sky. All you'll produce is woefully misleading content with huge inaccuracies, which unforunately this video has. Is that really the level of quality you want to settle for? Sounds like it isn't, so here's my advice: If you're serious about wanting to go down this road, you need to do two things right away: 1. Stop using AI for anything, ever (not just research - the guy in your thumbnail looks like a ridiculous Scottish-Leprechaun hybrid). 2. Go WAY beyond Google searches. Read acadmeic journals like the ones I mentioned above. Attend online lectures from the likes of Archaeology Scotland and museums. Read books published within the last 20 years by respected historians, from publishers like Birlinn and University of Edinburgh Press. There is no shortcut. Just as I would never presume to make a video about a topic I had only Googled, you need to do a lot of background work before you'll be able to produce something accurate and informative. Otherwise, anyone who knows their stuff will instantly switch off because of how huge the conceptual and factual inaccuracies are.
@@ProfKion Ok. Was your research limited to Google searches, or did you read any research papers in publications like the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Discovery & Excavation Scotland, or university press books? Because if all you did was search basic terms on Google and let AI fill in the blanks, you didn't actually do any meaningful research. Quite frankly, if I or any of my colleagues - and I know most major historians working in Scotland today - found out that someone used AI and Google searches for a project, that person would be blacklisted from ever publishing or getting work in universities or history/archaeology organisations. All you'll produce is woefully misleading content with huge inaccuracies, which unforunately this video has. If you're serious about wanting to go down this road, you need to do two things right away: 1. Stop using AI for anything, ever (not just research - the guy in your thumbnail looks like a ridiculous Scottish-Leprechaun hybrid). 2. Go WAY beyond Google searches. Read acadmeic journals like the ones I mentioned above. Attend online lectures from the likes of Archaeology Scotland and museums. Read books published within the last 20 years by respected historians.
Scottish historian here, saw your request for feedback on Reddit but I deactivated my account a wee while back so I couldn't reply there. Sorry mate, but this is quite off-base from start to finish - was it also written by AI? The constant references to freedom, majestic Highlands, etc makes it feel so. The Neolithic people who raised the first stone circles were not Celts, they didn't live in hillforts (those don't emerge until the Bronze Age), and standing stones were not adorned with Pictish symbols in that period because the Picts wouldn't exist until the 5th century AD, 3,000+ years later.
Hadrian's Wall was not the northernmost edge of the Roman Empire, not even close. The Antonine Wall is many miles further north, as is the Gask Ridge set of fortifications. I'm currently about a mile from a massive Roman fort 50 miles north of Hadrian's Wall! In the 1st and early 3rd centuries AD Romans marched at least as far north as the Moray Firth. Connecting Caledonian resistance to "the enduring independence of the Scottish spirit" is totally anachronistic, as Scotland would not exist for another 700+ years and the tribes who fought the Romans were far from unified.
You reduce medieval Scotland (after a massive time jump completely skipping the Early Historic period in which the Kingdom of Scotia was forged from various sub-kingdoms) to the Wars of Independence, which is extremely simplistic. Scotland was sovereign until 1296 when Edward I conquered much of it, and it regained its territorial sovereignty by the late 1310s. Bannockburn did not "secure Scotland's independence", it booted the English army out (aside from a few castles) but it was the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328 that recognised Scotland's domains.
Coverage of the 17th century religious wars is far, far too cursory and describing the motivations of the Covenanters vs Royalists as merely opposed ot or upholding the king's authority is simply not on point.
In your description, you imply that Nessie is in the Isle of Skye which is incorrect. I see what you were going for here, but between the AI voice, extreme oversimplifications, and most of the key info being factually incorrect, this needs a ton more research to be taken seriously by anyone who knows what they're talking about. I don't expect a 3-hour megadocumentary going into every little detail, but you're skipping huge swathes of history and getting some pretty basic facts about the ones you do cover entirely wrong. Sorry to be so critical, but I found major issues in almost every sentence.
Hey thanks for the feedback.
I got help writing the script with AI but I did a lot of research myself. I’m possibly not doing a great job though. Still you so learning to gather more factual information is a skill I need to develop.
I do really appreciate your feedback whether you find it to be quite harsh or not.
Any recommendations on where is a good place for gathering information?
I find a few inaccuracies when it comes to Google searches.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Also, I will add, I am aware I may be lacking more information between certain periods of time. It’s my fault for trying to rush a bit maybe. I’m worried if I make a video so long choked with information that people may lose interest or become bored
@@onaraisedbeach Again though, I really appreciate your feedback whether it be negative or positive I can learn from it.
I promise to do better with information gathering for my next video and maybe I’ll take a had at writing the script myself. I’m just worried I won’t be able to articulate properly, but I will try :)
@@ProfKion Ok. Was your research limited to Google searches, or did you read any research papers in publications like the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Discovery & Excavation Scotland, or university press books? Because if all you did was search basic terms on Google and let AI fill in the blanks, you didn't actually do any historical research.
Quite frankly, if I or any of my colleagues - and I know most major historians working in Scotland today - found out that someone used AI and Google searches for a project, that person would be blacklisted from ever publishing or getting work in universities or history/archaeology organisations. Calling yourself a historian when you just use AI and Google is like calling yourself an astronaut because you sometimes look up at the sky. All you'll produce is woefully misleading content with huge inaccuracies, which unforunately this video has. Is that really the level of quality you want to settle for? Sounds like it isn't, so here's my advice:
If you're serious about wanting to go down this road, you need to do two things right away:
1. Stop using AI for anything, ever (not just research - the guy in your thumbnail looks like a ridiculous Scottish-Leprechaun hybrid).
2. Go WAY beyond Google searches. Read acadmeic journals like the ones I mentioned above. Attend online lectures from the likes of Archaeology Scotland and museums. Read books published within the last 20 years by respected historians, from publishers like Birlinn and University of Edinburgh Press.
There is no shortcut. Just as I would never presume to make a video about a topic I had only Googled, you need to do a lot of background work before you'll be able to produce something accurate and informative. Otherwise, anyone who knows their stuff will instantly switch off because of how huge the conceptual and factual inaccuracies are.
@@ProfKion Ok. Was your research limited to Google searches, or did you read any research papers in publications like the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Discovery & Excavation Scotland, or university press books? Because if all you did was search basic terms on Google and let AI fill in the blanks, you didn't actually do any meaningful research.
Quite frankly, if I or any of my colleagues - and I know most major historians working in Scotland today - found out that someone used AI and Google searches for a project, that person would be blacklisted from ever publishing or getting work in universities or history/archaeology organisations. All you'll produce is woefully misleading content with huge inaccuracies, which unforunately this video has.
If you're serious about wanting to go down this road, you need to do two things right away:
1. Stop using AI for anything, ever (not just research - the guy in your thumbnail looks like a ridiculous Scottish-Leprechaun hybrid).
2. Go WAY beyond Google searches. Read acadmeic journals like the ones I mentioned above. Attend online lectures from the likes of Archaeology Scotland and museums. Read books published within the last 20 years by respected historians.