Post B62PY5rcdvmqPMJ8sa by tuckerm@saltylike.us
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 (DIR) Post #B62LKttTR94nhacxTU by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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       As it does with everything else, AI is turning podcasting into a slop-ridden mess. This doesn't affect me much. Podcasts can eat up a ridiculous amount of otherwise useful time, so I rarely listen (I do read transcripts). But it demonstrates the increasing pollution of AI.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-30/-podslop-proliferation-is-challenging-the-audio-industry?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NzY0NTcyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzc4MjUwNTI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURUJLSkRLR0NUSFQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3MzA4MjI1Mzg2OEE0REE4QTZDQTcyN0I3REUyMzFEOCJ9.yTh4KS4EcTA1x0ewXWRNsz1l5w5ga7e1tiDW9gUTAQ4
       
 (DIR) Post #B62NnjUdNvgFkdsvM8 by jredlund@social.linux.pizza
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       @dangillmor Podcasts have become an important independent news source as traditional media outlets have become suspect as they self-censor in fear of the regime. It is hard to avoid them. I think that the internet will need to be reinvented. The existing internet will just become bots talking to bots. Mastodon is sort of a start in this better direction.
       
 (DIR) Post #B62PY5rcdvmqPMJ8sa by tuckerm@saltylike.us
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       @dangillmor I took a Lyft to work today, and I think the driver was listening to an AI generated audiobook. The voiceover was definitely AI, and I'm pretty sure the content was, too. It was just this meaningless story with weird, repetitive sentences, and it went absolutely nowhere in the 30 minutes I had to listen to it.I don't see what someone would get out of that.
       
 (DIR) Post #B62PdjApuvWfm0yumW by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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       @tuckerm Hmm, sounds useful as an insomnia remedy?
       
 (DIR) Post #B62dunENU7WsdafZiq by tuckerm@saltylike.us
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       @dangillmor Maybe! If only the thing could accurately count sheep...
       
 (DIR) Post #B65SSWanEjQSu8Lsx6 by jmorris@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor A lot of these hour plus podcasts could be cut down to around 30 minutes if they'd learn how to edit. Reading the transcript is a good tip.