Steroid Olympics
Show notes
This week, we discuss the chaotic transition to an AI-augmented era, the roiling backlash trying to slow it down, and how we’ll come to terms with a weird new world. Plus: The dénouement of the scale era in publishing and beginning of the “inversion” era of media brands.
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* Brian Morrissey’s The Rebooting newsletter
* Alex Schleifer’s Human Computer
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Chapters:
* 00:00 Open
* 01:33 Welcome
* 04:55 Graduation Speech AI Backlash
* 05:46 Pope AI Encyclical Buzz
* 07:40 Why People Distrust AI
* 13:23 AI Book Quote Scandal
* 15:16 Steroid Olympics for Creators
* 19:23 Flood of Synthetic Content
* 22:31 Human Only Platforms
* 27:53 LLM Confidence and Hallucinations
* 31:55 Breaking the AI Loop
* 32:38 Google Ends Link Search
* 36:39 Vox Deal and Glue Factory
* 40:30 Inversion Strategy at People
* 43:52 Monetizing Brands via SKUs
* 46:04 Supernatural Comeback Economy
* 48:44 Good Product
* 57:52 Credits
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