NotebookLM fake podcast ranked high with 13 episodes; barbell future of media
omooretweets · x · 2026-10-13
The author recounts discovering a 13-episode podcast on a niche topic—complete with 30-minute episodes, pre-roll ads, and high search rankings—only to realize two minutes in that the host voices were NotebookLM-generated.
From this glimpse of media's future, the author predicts a barbell structure: one end dominated by largely AI-made content where speed and cost matter (citing Netflix's Instadocs), the other end focused on human creators whose unique voice and POV command attention—while everything in the middle gets squeezed.
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