So when IS AI ok in Podcasting?

AI is the devil you say? It's time we all disclose things.

The Podcasts About Podcasting like to talk about how AI is the devil.

Some questions for that crowd.

Can I use AI for cover art? Some of you do.

Can I use AI for episode art? A LOT of you do.

Can I use AI for show notes? Some of you own companies with that service built in.

Can I use AI to timestamp the chapters or should I take half an hour and do that manually?

Can I use AI to generate short clips for social media? Some of you own companies with that built in.

Can I use AI for idea generation?

Can I use AI as a writing partner?

Can I use AI to tweak copy that I took a first stab at?

Can I have AI take a first stab at copy and then tweak it myself?

Can I use AI to eliminate pickups?

Can I use AI to shorten word gaps?

Can I use AI to level the audio?

Can I clone my own voice?

Can I ask AI to write me 5 Daily Trivia Questions about things that happened on November 6th in history, or would you prefer I use Google, or maybe I should head to the New York Public Library and look it up in an encyclopedia. And should I ride my horse there?

Can I use my cloned AI voice to replace the word “October” when I meant to say “November?”

Can I use AI to voice the entire thing if the AI voice is better than me reading it?

Can I use AI as a writing partner, have it take a stab at the copy, voice it, eliminate pickups, shorten word gaps, generate episode art, write some show notes with time-stamps, set the audio to -16 LUFS, and make some clips to share on social media, or should my show have 17 producers and then wonder why the economics of podcasting don’t work?

BAD AI is bad. Good AI is good. Don’t get mad at me if you don’t know how to use it.

DISCLOSURE!!!!! I know some of you want AI disclosures in podcasting. The image on this post was created with the help of AI. The prompt “the devil hosting a podcast” came from my original thought. I considered hiring a full-time artist to generate Substack Post Images, but instead I sold my soul and had the AI generate the image. Also, the Devil isn’t real and doesn’t host a podcast. You should have sniffed out that the image was AI. I was totally trying to fool you. Busted. Oh…one more thing… I also didn’t lay anyone off this year.