AI-generated podcasts are flooding the market, with studios producing hundreds of thousands of episodes that sound increasingly indistinguishable from human hosts.
The technology offers cost savings and opportunities for creators, but many in the industry worry AI hosts undermine listener trust and devalue premium content.
Some popular podcasters, including Steven Bartlett, are cloning their voices for AI content, while others are pushing back against the technology’s rapid expansion.
Which I like. I work in IT and am constantly getting shocked reactions when I say I don’t use AI and that it’s actually problematic in a lot of ways… A lot of people are not aware. I hope more companies choose to brand themselves as “human,” as long as it’s true.
How many companies have claimed AI magic but it was just humans in a sweatshop all along?
Yeah, that is the exact opposite of what incentives should be pointing them towards.
Like, I really hope our whole culture is about to get fed up with automated algorithmic bullshit and hit a moment where the fact that something came from a messy and inconsistent “human” is something that’s elevated and valued for being genuine and authentic as opposed to automated convenient bullshit.
Being “Human” and creating space for “human” moments is a goal you can chase in a lot of different contexts (media and art creation, community organizing and political discussions, more abstract philosophical principles, etc.), and it’s a value that can transcend national borders and wealth disparities and get people thinking about our species as a whole, which is a mode of thinking I believe we’re desperately going to need in the future as climate change gets worse for all of us.