when artificial intelligence falls short
sydney (bing), chatGPT, replika, et al.
Do you ever have an out-of-body experience when you talk for too long? That was my main self-cringe with my solo podcast, Currently Workshopping—I’d talk for five minutes and then become acutely self-conscious that I was talking. Like, my mouth was moving and sounds were coming out, but there was no one else in the room. I didn’t realize how much I needed the affirmation of someone else’s head nod or mmhmm to keep on talking, but I clearly do. (I wonder if it’s an English-as-a-second-language thing—ESL kids always looking for an indicator that they’re not screwing up.)
So in the spirit of trying to accept my own preferences, I’ve launched a podcast with a co-host, the one and only Hannah Stella! The podcast is called Sense & Sensitivity (Apple)—shoutout to Jane Austen—and every week, we’ll share our (very different!) perspectives on career, life changes, feminism, and culture. To everyone who said that my solo podcast didn’t feel conversational enough for…