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This doesn't strike me as much of a problem as it appears for you. What are the biggest issues you foresee? I'm an avid podcast listener, but I already ignore

This doesn't strike me as much of a problem as it appears for you. What are the biggest issues you foresee? I'm an avid podcast listener, but I already ignore 99.9% of podcasts out there. I'm not concerned that this is going to become 99.99%. If these AI generated podcasts are all bad, I will just continue to ignore them. If some turn out to be good, it seems like a win to me. If you're worried about an existential "what happens to the world if all media is machine generated", I guess I'm willing to hop on the ride and see what we find out.

ghshephard 2y ago
99.9? There are roughly 3mm podcasts out there right now - I listen, regularly, to about 10 over a year (in any given week maybe 3-4). I'm therefore ignoring 2,999,990 or 99.9997% of podcast. I definitely agree with you that this isn't a problem. (Also - ironically, one of the podcast out of those 10 that I listen to regularly - it's the Deep Dive on AI. A NotebookLM production! )
- frabcus 2y ago
  It could poison the well - make it hard for people to find new good podcasts, and reduce discovery and revenue. Also they could fragment our society even more, disconnect people from people. Doesn't seem worth the risk. If people want to listen to AI generated podcasts, they can just make them themselves. They don't need publishing on a platform alongside human-made podcasts. If I was Apple, who ultimately control curation of podcasts, then I'd prevent them. After all, Apple Intelligence will soon do as good a job of making your custom podcast if that's what you want.
  - oldpersonintx 2y ago
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  - Ferret7446 2y ago
    How are all of the 99.99% podcasts that currently are not worth listening to not already poisoning the well? If the current ranking algorithms work, I don't see why it can't work with more podcasts, AI or not.
    - mistermann 2y ago
      Maybe the current ones aren't trying to poison the well. As an exception, consider Infowars. Now imagine someone 10 times smarter, maybe even with no monetary goals.
mistermann 2y ago
Imagine if reality wasn't actually real! That would be nuts.

ghshephard 2y ago

99.9? There are roughly 3mm podcasts out there right now - I listen, regularly, to about 10 over a year (in any given week maybe 3-4). I'm therefore ignoring 2,999,990 or 99.9997% of podcast. I definitely agree with you that this isn't a problem. (Also - ironically, one of the podcast out of those 10 that I listen to regularly - it's the Deep Dive on AI. A NotebookLM production! )

frabcus 2y ago
It could poison the well - make it hard for people to find new good podcasts, and reduce discovery and revenue. Also they could fragment our society even more, disconnect people from people. Doesn't seem worth the risk. If people want to listen to AI generated podcasts, they can just make them themselves. They don't need publishing on a platform alongside human-made podcasts. If I was Apple, who ultimately control curation of podcasts, then I'd prevent them. After all, Apple Intelligence will soon do as good a job of making your custom podcast if that's what you want.
- oldpersonintx 2y ago
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- Ferret7446 2y ago
  How are all of the 99.99% podcasts that currently are not worth listening to not already poisoning the well? If the current ranking algorithms work, I don't see why it can't work with more podcasts, AI or not.
  - mistermann 2y ago
    Maybe the current ones aren't trying to poison the well. As an exception, consider Infowars. Now imagine someone 10 times smarter, maybe even with no monetary goals.

mistermann 2y ago

Imagine if reality wasn't actually real! That would be nuts.