 I am delighted to report that NotebookLM now lets you provide custom instructions when you use it to generate a podcast... "You are both pelicans who work as data journalist at a pelican news service. Discuss this from the perspective of pelican data journalists, being sure to inject as many pelican related anecdotes as possible" 7m40s audio and transcript here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/17/notebooklm-pelicans/ 7 comments
@simon pretty impressed by βbrighter than a school of silversides reflecting the morning sunβ > You ever find yourself wading through mountains of data trying to pluck out the juicy bits? It's like hunting for a single shrimp in a whole kelp forest, am I right? ... > Think of those facial recognition systems they have for humans. We could have something similar for our finned friends. Although, gotta say, the ethical implications of that kind of tech are a whole other kettle of fish. We pelicans gotta use these tools responsibly and be transparent about it. > Imagine a pelican citizen journalist being able to analyze footage of a local council meeting, you know, really hold those pelicans in power accountable, or a pelican historian using video scraping to analyze old film reels, uncovering lost details about our pelican ancestors. ... > The future of data journalism is looking brighter than a school of silversides reflecting the morning sun. [...] There's a whole ocean of data out there just waiting to be explored. @simon I'm sad that audio is not several minutes of pelican chaos and noises. π |
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@simon I can't wait for giving it my own voice as host! π€