NotebookLM can string together coherent sentences and even simulate back-and-forth, but a real conversation goes beyond structured prompts. A great host pulls out the unexpected by knowing when to push, when to listen, and when to connect dots that an algorithm would never see.
GenAI can deliver data and polish, but it’s still miiiiles away from delivering empathy, curiosity or true connection.
Maybe it's only "a matter of time", but if the goal is to entertain and genuinely engage, tools like these can only take you partway.
Thank you for the comment. Yes, completely agree that great podcasts create a unique, evolving storyline with curiosity and verve. Context, nuance, and a point of view.
For me, this is the fact that the machine can now create very multi-modal and useful tools. For students, who want to get a friendly verbal intro to a dense - or potentially pedantic - topic, this is a lovely start. It has teaching tools, Q&A and a raft of other enablers.
Agree completely that these are tools. It's a food processor not a chef.
Also, chefs - like myself, teachers, consultants, lawyers, marketers - need to embrace the incredible democratizing power that GenAI has to flatten information asymmetry. Put in another way, many people with cozy - not so difficult jobs - need to power up.
This is looking at the wrong problem, imho...
NotebookLM can string together coherent sentences and even simulate back-and-forth, but a real conversation goes beyond structured prompts. A great host pulls out the unexpected by knowing when to push, when to listen, and when to connect dots that an algorithm would never see.
GenAI can deliver data and polish, but it’s still miiiiles away from delivering empathy, curiosity or true connection.
Maybe it's only "a matter of time", but if the goal is to entertain and genuinely engage, tools like these can only take you partway.
Thank you for the comment. Yes, completely agree that great podcasts create a unique, evolving storyline with curiosity and verve. Context, nuance, and a point of view.
For me, this is the fact that the machine can now create very multi-modal and useful tools. For students, who want to get a friendly verbal intro to a dense - or potentially pedantic - topic, this is a lovely start. It has teaching tools, Q&A and a raft of other enablers.
Agree completely that these are tools. It's a food processor not a chef.
Also, chefs - like myself, teachers, consultants, lawyers, marketers - need to embrace the incredible democratizing power that GenAI has to flatten information asymmetry. Put in another way, many people with cozy - not so difficult jobs - need to power up.