Katie Notopoulos, a month ago at Business Insider:
Amazon has launched a new
[feature]that uses AI to generate a short, podcast-like audio segment where two “hosts” discuss the merits and reviews of a specific product.I think it could be one of the funniest, closest endpoints to human civilization we’ve seen yet in our new AI-enabled world. If this sounds a little confusing, here’s an example. I tried it out for diaper rash cream, and, voila! A podcast! (Sound on.)
I don’t know what’s worse: that anyone at Amazon thought actual people would really listen to these, or if actual people really are listening to them.
source & further reading
businessinsider.com — original article
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