Over the last ~2 hours I curated a new Podcast of 10 episodes called "Histories of Mysteries". Find it up on Spotify here:
https://t.co/BH6FTglLIf
10 episodes of this season are:
Ep 1: The Lost City of Atlantis
Ep 2: Baghdad battery
Ep 3: The Roanoke Colony
Ep 4: The Antikythera Mechanism
Ep 5: Voynich Manuscript
Ep 6: Late Bronze Age collapse
Ep 7: Wow! signal
Ep 8: Mary Celeste
Ep 9: Göbekli Tepe
Ep 10: LUCA: Last Universal Common Ancestor
Process:
- I researched cool topics using ChatGPT, Claude, Google
- I linked NotebookLM to the Wikipedia entry of each topic and generated the podcast audio
- I used NotebookLM to also write the podcast/episode descriptions.
- Ideogram to create all digital art for the episodes and the podcast itself
- Spotify to upload and host the podcast
I did this as an exploration of the space of possibility unlocked by generative AI, and the leverage afforded by the use of AI. The fact that I can, as a single person in 2 hours, curate (not create, but curate) a podcast is I think kind of incredible. I also completely understand and acknowledge the potential and immediate critique here, of AI generated slop taking over the internet. I guess - have a listen to the podcast when you go for walk/drive next time and see what you think.
Romania pumps out a prodigious number of doctors each year. Among those newly minted graduates, international students are edging out the locals https://t.co/95IT2haYDg
Photograph: Getty Images
Without Asia: no iPhone, no TikTok, no Nikon or Canon, no game consoles, no Pokemon, no Spirited Away, no Parasite or Oldboy, and no semiconductors faster than a toaster.
In tech, Asia makes, Europe consumes, America profits.