NotebookLM - generate a vapid NPR-style podcast about any topic - The sign is a subtle joke, but what does it REALLY mean?

[Runch]

NotebookLM is a Google service designed to assist with research and writing based on sources you upload. It is not a new service, but what IS new in the past few days is that it now can generate a short podcast of two hosts discussing the topic in detail.

You can give it multiple pdfs, text files, web links, or just a short prompt that you paste in, and it will attempt to make sense of it all in a discussion format.

Here is the site: https://notebooklm.google.com/

It requires a Google account. They will track your activity. Make a burner if you want to mess with it.

Click Create, click a type of source you want to add, add it, then find where it says Deep Dive Conversation and click Generate. If you don't know what to do with it, try feeding it a forum thread, or click "pasted text" and type a prompt like you might for ChatGPT.

I have not experimented much with it yet. I do not know how censored and sanitized it might be. It may not amount to a source of ongoing amusement, but I thought it was worth presenting for your consideration as a strange toy to play with.

Spoiler

The male host sometimes sounds vaguely similar to Metokur to me lol

Here is an example of its output:

 

[Xarpho's Return]

This is what "radio personalities" are afraid of, AI talking about the same pre-packaged bits they are at a fraction of the cost. If you're bland enough that this would indeed be a threat to you, though, you suck at your job.

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

The Turner Diaries:

Blood Passover:

Expedient Homemade Firearms by PA Luty

 

[Grim_Autismo]

The Turner Diaries:

Pre-COVID, I ran into this Montana Man bookseller at a gunshow. We were talking about Waco, Ruby Ridge, and I asked him if he had a copy of The Turner Diaries. He leaned in real close, saying, "Are you a Fed? You gotta tell me if you're a Fed."

I told him hell no, but it's like The Handmaid's Tale for Montana Men, and we laughed about it. Based af. What a good-spirited guy. I hope he's still out there selling books about how to preserve heirloom seeds and the evils of Janet Reno.

 

[Runch]

I fed it the entire transcript of Turkey Tom's video on Rekieta:

Bizarre to hear these AI hosts just casually mentioning the lolsuit with Dick Masterson and Maddox like they know all about it.

Edit: Oh my god the Mandy segment starting at 7:35

 

[Grim_Autismo]

I fed it the entire transcript of Turkey Tom's video on Rekieta:

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Bizarre to hear these AI hosts just casually mentioning the lolsuit with Dick Masterson and Maddox like they know all about it.

Edit: Oh my god the Mandy segment starting at 7:35

She says Rekieta like DSP does during the Mandy segment! I love it! Wreck-ee-ayta!

 

[CoolFool]

Can someone feed it the entire thread OP of Erin Reed or Kevin Gibes?

 

[Whiscash]

Fed it a version of the "saw X at a grocery store" copypasta. This is bizarre.

Edit: Profound analysis of "Peculiar Buck" copypasta:

 

[BootlegPopeye]

I attempted to feed it nonsense to see if I got at least low level shitposting material, but it seemed way too gimped out for pre-programmed answers. I had been hoping it took whatever bullshit I fed it at face value.

So far, the only thing I found that short circuits it is if you feed it some really archaic and obscure works, like detailed theological arguments. Instead, it attempts to summarize some barely related material from it's brain of preprogrammed answers even though it doesn't understand the subject, but instead of being funny it just didn't make sense.

 

[I'm a Silly]

The Turner Diaries:
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Blood Passover:
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Expedient Homemade Firearms by PA Luty
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Every time they say, "which was what made it controversial," it reminds me of KenM:

 

[Jex]

It’s trying so hard to sanitise my internet racist substack articles

 

[Runch]

I fed it Time Cube:

Someone should see what it does with Francis E. Dec.

 

[SCV]

Expedient Homemade Firearms by PA Luty
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I listened to the first 5 minutes of this and I cannot believe how vacuous it is. There is no actual concrete information on how to do anything just retarded back and forth. I might just be losing it but I feel like this is a HUGE step forward in globohomo control of things. They can just throw this at any topic and inactivate it like an anti-body but still give mid-wits the impression that they're smart and learning things and the multiple voices will make mid-wits subconsciously think they're getting the consensus "viewpoint". I feel like I'm going schizo.

 

[Insuficiencia renal]

This thing will improve over time

 

[Runch]

I gave it this recent study which demonstrated that giving hormones to kids often had no effect on depression and suicidality, or actually made things worse.

They spend a couple minutes sneeding around the bush but at 2 minutes in they really start breaking into the bad news.

5:26 Chadfem: "I noooticed a pattern...many of the original studies framed their conclusions quite positively even when the results were statistically insignificant, incredibly minor, or even negative. It's like they're focusing on a single ray of light while ignoring the shadows in the room."

 

[Dire Dire Cocks]

This is horrifying. I can’t laugh at any of this because of how genuinely fucking scary this is. It sounds so fucking real. It could easily be mistaken by ANYONE as a real podcast at first glance.
We need serious fucking laws put in place to stop AI from developing too far this instant. The only logical conclusion I can draw from listening to these is that if this were to get better, AI could become the #1 threat to human life. Videos could be generated of everyone saying everything with no way of telling if it’s real or not, leaving the world in a state of total panic.

 

[Light-Blue Yoshi]

The text is a food review of a large, stuffed crust pizza with alfredo sauce, extra cheese, extra bacon, jalapeños, onions, and anchovies from Papa John's. The reviewer, enthusiastically, describes the pizza's toppings, crust, and sauce, praising its flavor and "dankness." The reviewer also mentions enjoying the pizza with a two-liter Mountain Dew and suggests it as a "King Cobra" special.

Papa John's Pizza Review​

Short Answer Questions​

1. What type of crust does the pizza have?
2. Name five toppings on the pizza.
3. What kind of sauce is on the pizza?
4. How many cups of garlic butter did the reviewer receive?
5. What drink does the reviewer suggest pairing with this pizza?
6. What does the reviewer call his customized order?
7. What is the name of the specific stuffed crust from Papa John's?
8. What two toppings does the reviewer say "provide that pop"?
9. What insects are bothering the reviewer?
10. Does the reviewer state that Papa John's is a sponsor?

Short Answer Key​

1. Stuffed crust
2. Extra cheese, extra bacon, jalapenos, onions, anchovies (any five of these)
3. Alfredo sauce
4. Three
5. Mountain Dew
6. The King Cobra special
7. Epic Stuffed Crust
8. Onions and jalapenos
9. House flies
10. No, he explicitly states they are not a sponsor.

 

[Runch]

This is horrifying. I can’t laugh at any of this because of how genuinely fucking scary this is. It sounds so fucking real. It could easily be mistaken by ANYONE as a real podcast at first glance.
We need serious fucking laws put in place to stop AI from developing too far this instant. The only logical conclusion I can draw from listening to these is that if this were to get better, AI could become the #1 threat to human life. Videos could be generated of everyone saying everything with no way of telling if it’s real or not, leaving the world in a state of total panic.

Don't panic.

https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misinformation-reloaded-fears-about-the-impact-of-generative-ai-on-misinformation-are-overblown/

 

[SCV]

This is horrifying. I can’t laugh at any of this because of how genuinely fucking scary this is. It sounds so fucking real. It could easily be mistaken by ANYONE as a real podcast at first glance.
We need serious fucking laws put in place to stop AI from developing too far this instant. The only logical conclusion I can draw from listening to these is that if this were to get better, AI could become the #1 threat to human life. Videos could be generated of everyone saying everything with no way of telling if it’s real or not, leaving the world in a state of total panic.

It might not be so bad. Once everyone can one-click generate a two hour video of someone going on an antisemitic rant with just a picture and 30 seconds of audio people might stop believing news media entirely or have way higher standards in order to trust something. It also could provide cover for verboten ideas to flourish a bit. I'll take those rainbows now.

 

[I'm a Silly]

We need serious fucking laws put in place to stop AI from developing too far this instant.