It’s SO dumb. Why would anyone actually specifically seek out and listen to an AI podcast generated by some random documents? How would anyone locate it? Why would anyone create branding for it?
i guess the apparent intention was so that it can be listened to, instead of read. the actual intention was to get money from the same type of person this appeals to
This feature is intended to summarise and also make it more listenable to someone who would fall asleep to the audio book version, I guess. There’s lots of terrible uses of AI, on the spectrum of those this isn’t that bad
no shit we had someone come in to our work and was paid to lecture us for an hour on how to do this. they recommended it for when we’re catching up on work outside of work - something I absolutely will never do
It’s SO dumb. Why would anyone actually specifically seek out and listen to an AI podcast generated by some random documents? How would anyone locate it? Why would anyone create branding for it?
This is a feature without an audience.
i guess the apparent intention was so that it can be listened to, instead of read. the actual intention was to get money from the same type of person this appeals to
That’s what the “read aloud” button is for.
This feature is intended to summarise and also make it more listenable to someone who would fall asleep to the audio book version, I guess. There’s lots of terrible uses of AI, on the spectrum of those this isn’t that bad
hold up
not to make too much fun, but does it make coloring pages too? didn’t it already have that feature? how does it differ from TTS?
no shit we had someone come in to our work and was paid to lecture us for an hour on how to do this. they recommended it for when we’re catching up on work outside of work - something I absolutely will never do
It’s useful if the PDF is a chapter from a textbook. Good to listen to (study) while driving