Episode #1032: So Much Electricity
First Broadcast: 9/22/25
Would you listen to a podcast that completely consists of voices generated by A.I.? Is it really easier or cheaper to create a podcast with A.I. than to have one created by actual human beings? Can anyone trust the opinions of a podcast in which no human created the opinions? Are A.I.-generated podcasts the audio equivalent of all the spam A.I.-generated "books" clogging up Amazon? Is this life imitating the "Army of Robots" song by Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer? Don't people have enough problems with chatbots making them psychotic? Doesn't A.I. already use too much water and too much electricty, and by that contributing to global warming? Is more nuclear power from fission reactors really a solution, when we still don't really know where to put all their radioactive waste? Won't someone think of the cats???