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Artificial Intelligence Podcast

AI has slowly been proving a useful companion in internet research. The latest speech and image generated via LLMs have leapt over the uncanny valley into a queasy spot where one doubts the value of simple human analytical striving. The following is podcast was generated using NotebookLM, which intakes a website and spits out a perky chat between two young robots. The prompt used was just “Discuss the history and development of the mountain bike.” The data source was mtbtimeline.com. Just two minutes of effort and ten minutes of waiting for a result. A first draft.

Listen at your own risk:

Newly minted cycling history experts, image generated via ChatGPT's Dall-E 2¹⁾

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Where are the derailleurs on that cruiser bike mounted on the wall? Each attempt to arm-twist Dall-E into adding gears would cause it to transform the bike into an electric guitar. Getting rid of the headphones was harder. ChatGPT knows best.