Published Sun May 14 07:49:33 AM EDT 2023: podcasts, trust

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+title = "Who 'ya gonna trust?  CNN, Podcasts, ChatGPT…"
+author = ["George M Jones"]
+publishDate = 2023-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
+lastmod = 2023-05-14T07:47:42-04:00
+tags = ["news", "philosophy", "history", "100DaysToOffload", "life", "geek", "AI"]
+categories = ["blog"]
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+On my [Mastadon feed](https://fosstodon.org/@saluki/110354524960932474%22) this week, the question was asked
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+> "Why have #podcasts become so popular in the last few years? What's changed?"
+
+I think there are a lot of answers...
+
+{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/dorothy.png" caption="<span class=\"figure-number\">Figure 1: </span>[ChatGPT rendering of \"Make an image of Dorothy Gale of Kanasas riding a bucking bronco with the wicked witch flying on her broom in the background and a tornado behind that\" by ChatGPT and George Jones is licensed under ????](https://foo.com/BAR/BAZ.JPG)" width="200px" >}}
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+My answers include
+
+> No need for the overhead or editorial control of older media forms.
+> Lower production and distribution costs.  A wide range of presenters
+> and topics.
+
+I think there's going to be another HUGE
+reason to tune unto long-form talking-heads/analysis style podcasts:
+You can be pretty sure (at last for a while) that the people talking
+are people, not, e.g. ChatGPT spitting out articles.   If you want to
+hear what PEOPLE are saying and thinking, for the time being podcasts
+are it. When we get to the point that AI generation of TV anchors and White
+House press secretaries is common place, we will have arrived at an
+existential crisis of trust in all mass-market delivered content.
+
+At that point, your best bet will be to have live, in-person,
+one-on-one interactions with real people.   And, come to think of it,
+in any event, talking to people more might not be such a bad idea.
+
+\#49 of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, <https://100daystooffload.com/>

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+On my [[https://fosstodon.org/@saluki/110354524960932474"][Mastadon feed]] this week, the question was asked
+#+begin_quote
+"Why have #podcasts become so popular in the last few years? What's changed?"
+#+end_quote
+
+I think there are a lot of answers...
+
+#+caption: [[https://FOO.COM/BAR/BAZ.JPG][ChatGPT rendering of "Make an image of Dorothy Gale of Kanasas riding a bucking bronco with the wicked witch flying on her broom in the background and a tornado behind that" by ChatGPT and George Jones is licensed under ????]]
+#+attr_html: :width 200px
+[[file:images/dorothy.png]]
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+#+hugo: more
+
+My answers include
+
+ #+begin_quote
+ No need for the overhead or editorial control of older media forms.
+ Lower production and distribution costs.  A wide range of presenters
+ and topics.
+ #+end_quote
+
+I think there's going to be another HUGE
+reason to tune unto long-form talking-heads/analysis style podcasts:
+You can be pretty sure (at last for a while) that the people talking
+are people, not, e.g. ChatGPT spitting out articles.   If you want to
+hear what PEOPLE are saying and thinking, for the time being podcasts
+are it. When we get to the point that AI generation of TV anchors and White
+House press secretaries is common place, we will have arrived at an
+existential crisis of trust in all mass-market delivered content.
+
+At that point, your best bet will be to have live, in-person,
+one-on-one interactions with real people.   And, come to think of it,
+in any event, talking to people more might not be such a bad idea.
+
+#49 of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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