Yesterday,
posted an AI-generated podcast about his book using Google's new NotebookLM. Of course, I had to try it, too!Here is a 12-minute entirely AI-generated discussion of my top four stories in August, on topics as diverse as data and economic history, Olympic medallists, syphilis and the NHI, and what history can tell us about AI.
I see the comments on his post are mostly critical. Sure, it is perhaps a bit ‘generic’, but again, consider the pace of change. Something like this would not have been possible only a year or two ago. One year from now, we might have a catalogue of voices to choose from or even use our own.
Note that I simply uploaded the texts. I did not create any of the script or storyline. To me, this is mindblowing, with massive implications for communication, marketing and education, to think just of the most obvious industries affected.
‘Robot radio’ was first published on Our Long Walk. The images were created using Midjourney v6, and the sound file was created with NotebookLM.
Robot radio