Right? It’s not like the kid’s soccer game is part of the AI’s programming, it won’t know anything about it that you don’t tell it. It can’t go over who they’re playing against, or give their record so far, or provide any other new information about it, so what exactly is it going to say?
Then the birthday will still be “coming up” every day until the day itself arrives, so what is there to say about that that would be interesting and new on a daily drive?
That just leaves “some news,” at which point you might as well turn on the radio, or put on a real podcast.
Doesn’t matter so long as Altman just got geographic time stamps of where you your spouse your children and what activities they like to participate in at all times.
That’s what I was thinking about. In theory there could be a cool idea here. But using AI to do it would just give shitty results. But you could actually do a little research and find a few short articles or stories about things your kid is interested in, and then feed them into a decent TTS and edit it together like a podcast. Then where they would normally take a pause for an ad read have a little shout out wishing your kid a happy birthday or wishing them luck on their exams or competition or whatever. I think it could actually be pretty neat, and give you something to chat about while you listen, and having the little personalized messages would feel like magic to the kid, because it’s kind of like getting a shout out on Radio/Television. It can be exciting and make you feel bigger than just your small social bubble. It’s exciting to have a little 30 seconds of fame.
But obviously Altman is just grasping at straws to shill his product, and hasn’t put this much thought into it.
Ever stumble across one of those totally AI YouTube video, with the professional sounding voice that pronounced words oddly, or emphasizes phrases in a weird way? They go on and on about some subject without really saying anything, making empty pronouncements with florid language?
Like that. The podcast equivalent of flavorless gummy bears.
I dont get it. What would th epodcat actually talk about?
Right? It’s not like the kid’s soccer game is part of the AI’s programming, it won’t know anything about it that you don’t tell it. It can’t go over who they’re playing against, or give their record so far, or provide any other new information about it, so what exactly is it going to say?
Then the birthday will still be “coming up” every day until the day itself arrives, so what is there to say about that that would be interesting and new on a daily drive?
That just leaves “some news,” at which point you might as well turn on the radio, or put on a real podcast.
Doesn’t matter so long as Altman just got geographic time stamps of where you your spouse your children and what activities they like to participate in at all times.
That’s what I was thinking about. In theory there could be a cool idea here. But using AI to do it would just give shitty results. But you could actually do a little research and find a few short articles or stories about things your kid is interested in, and then feed them into a decent TTS and edit it together like a podcast. Then where they would normally take a pause for an ad read have a little shout out wishing your kid a happy birthday or wishing them luck on their exams or competition or whatever. I think it could actually be pretty neat, and give you something to chat about while you listen, and having the little personalized messages would feel like magic to the kid, because it’s kind of like getting a shout out on Radio/Television. It can be exciting and make you feel bigger than just your small social bubble. It’s exciting to have a little 30 seconds of fame.
But obviously Altman is just grasping at straws to shill his product, and hasn’t put this much thought into it.
Ever stumble across one of those totally AI YouTube video, with the professional sounding voice that pronounced words oddly, or emphasizes phrases in a weird way? They go on and on about some subject without really saying anything, making empty pronouncements with florid language?
Like that. The podcast equivalent of flavorless gummy bears.