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> Like one podcaster will act shocked by a fact, but then immediately go to provide more details about the fact as if they knew it all along. Some podcasters a
by ants_everywhere 2y ago
> Like one podcaster will act shocked by a fact, but then immediately go to provide more details about the fact as if they knew it all along.
Some podcasters actually do this. For example, I've noticed it in some science podcasts where the goal is to make the audience feel like "gee whiz that's an interesting fact." The podcaster will act super surprised to set the emotional tone, but of course they often already knew that fact and will follow up with more detail in a less surprised tone.
That doesn't mean this isn't a bug. But stuff like that reminds me that LLMs may not learn to be like Data from Star Trek. They may learn to be like Billy Mays, amped up and pretending to be excited about whatever they're talking about.
- singron 2y agoE.g. "Acquired" tends to have this since both co-hosts research the same topic. I think they try to split up the material, but there is inevitable overlap. They have other weird interactions too, like they are trying to outsmart each other, or at least trying not to get outsmarted. Some podcasts explicitly avoid this by only having a single host do research so the other host can give genuine reactions. E.g. "You're Wrong About" and "If Books Could Kill".
- titanomachy 2y agoInteresting, that makes sense. I haven't listened to a lot of podcasts, but most of them were interviews, where the two speakers genuinely had different knowledge and points of view.