This isn’t an ordinary post from me. More of an experiment - just something I was playing around with and wanted to share.
I’m sure many of you have heard of Google’s Notebook LLM. Google calls it a research and thinking assistant. It basically summarises material for you. Upload a load of books and YouTube videos, and then ask it questions, generate bitesize briefing notes, and so on.
As someone who creates podcasts, I’m fascinated (maybe terrified?) by its "Deep Dive conversation" feature. Basically upload a load of material and it turns it into a chatty podcast episode for you. Two people discussing the material in an incredibly realistic way.
It’s scarily realistic in fact. Full of pauses. Back and forth. 'Uh-huh moments. It’s actually quite eerie.
For people who prefer learning via these kinds of podcast chats (not me), I suppose it could be a remarkably useful tool. I know of someone who loves non-league football. He uploads all the match reports he can find each weekend, and then listens to these two friendly AI hosts discuss Tranmere Rovers’ exciting run of form, etc.
I suppose you could even do it for any important work Zoom calls you missed? (Note the possible privacy risks though). Or maybe just download you and your partner’s entire WhatApp chat history and listen to them discuss it? The possibilities really are endless, and a lot of them are pointless. But not all.
To show you how this works, how realistic it is, I took five of my recent Substack articles on here about scams. I asked it to generate a podcast episode that summarised how scammers work, how people get caught out, and what you can do to protect yourself. Would love to know your thoughts!
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