The company is able to produce each [podcast] episode for $1 or less, depending on length and complexity, and attach programmatic advertising to it. This generally means that if about 20 people listen to that episode, the company made a profit on that episode, without factoring in overhead.
Inception Point AI already has more than 5,000 shows across its Quiet Please Podcast Network and produces more than 3,000 episodes a week. Collectively, the network has seen 10 million downloads since September 2023. It takes about an hour to create an episode, from coming up with the idea to getting it out in the world.
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The company’s CEO certainly thinks it is not slop, because if you’re selling cold, pale, canned salmon you really do have to market them as guaranteed not to turn pink in the can:
“I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated content as AI slop are probably lazy luddites. Because there’s a lot of really good stuff out there,” [CEO Jeanine] Wright said.
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The “lazy luddites” part is worth a chuckle, as projection is often the first line of defense when being criticized. A podcast that’s costs $1 to make and needs only 20 people to listen to it is pretty much by any definition a “lazy” creation. Perhaps Wright had AI draft her written responses used in this article.
Anyways, spend 15 minutes and find some podcasts to listen to you actually care to hear. Your time is valuable. Don’t fill it with AI slop.