Steroid Olympics

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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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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