Yeah, the "AI" isn't doing anything destructive and this is basically a less exploitable version of temporarily flagging everything that someone reports.
And let's for a moment consider where this "AI" mod is being used and for what purpose. Youtube has a massive amount of videos going up all the time. The mods are unable to compete with the users to precheck every video before it can be uploaded. That's just impossible due to the workload. On the other hand, the longer a video with offensive or illegal material is up the more damage it can do to Youtube PR. Therefore it is understandable why they are taking an agressive stance to (temporarily) taking down videos that have been flagged.