AI-generated Podcasts with NotebookLM

AI can now create podcasts where two people discuss a piece on AI.

1. Discussing Sam Altman's "The Intelligence Age" as a Podcast

This video discusses Sam Altman's piece on The Intelligence Age.

This technology was developed using Google's NotebookLM, a tool that simplifies podcast creation based on text sources.

You can use it to make your own podcasts for free.

2. Podcasting Popular X (formerly Twitter) Posts

Another example of AI-powered podcasts involves taking popular posts from X (formerly Twitter) and converting them into podcast episodes.

The input Google Doc that was used to gather content for the episode.

You can even create visually engaging podcasts for better engagement on socials.

You can get top discussions per day on any social and put it automatically in a Google Doc which then generates an AI-generated podcast.

There are already newsletters that keep up with the fast pace of AI but its a massive 45-mins read per day.

Reading takes a huge mental effort on your brain while listening doesn't take as much effort. I've personally listened to a podcast every day for 4+ years but only read 15 books (excluding school) in my life.

Catching up with AI while listening to it for 30 minutes (2x speed) per day seems like an easy task compared to reading for 45 minutes per day.

Within 2-4 months, we will see a smart person jump on this opportunity.

3. "Am I The Jerk?" YouTube Channel

A YouTube channel called "Am I The Jerk?" takes stories from the popular subreddit /r/AmITheAsshole and presents them in video format.

The subreddit is text-based, but this channel transforms it into a video-and-audio format, creating an entirely new medium to consume the same content.

This simple method can be applied to many different niches.

Social media discussions, subreddits, and various other sources can easily be repurposed into podcasts.

The only thing that matters now is your taste. Curating is an art. You can give everyone the same sources but only few can see things differently. This is where winners will be made.

A tool to Discover Shared Videos from Indiehackers

Indiehackers TV is a site that curates videos shared by Indiehackers, offering a high signal-to-noise ratio.

One recommended video on 24 Controversial Truths About Success & Failure

This video is useful for the wantrepreneur audience who struggles to focus on the right inputs.

It's worth noting that the audience of wantrepreneurs is much larger than actual entrepreneurs. This is why many influencers, like Alex Hormozi, focus on motivational content for beginners. Compare Alex's YouTube following of 2.75 million to his wife Leila's 390,000 subscribers — Leila’s content targets experienced entrepreneurs.

Few banger quotes I loved:

1. We need to be reminded more than we need to be taught.

2. Power is the distance between thoughts and reality. If you think about somebody who's omnipotent, he thinks and things are so there's zero space between thoughts and reality. The shorter the time between thinking of doing something and actually doing it, the more powerful a person is.

3. The Rule of 100: Do 100 primary actions per day, such as 100 minutes of content creation or 100 outreach attempts. It usually takes 4 hours a day.

4. Open to Goal concept: Work until you hit your goal, regardless of time. Example: Sometimes you hit your goal by noon, other times working from 5 a.m. until midnight.

5. People delay doing things they don't like for longer than it takes to do them.

6. The biggest risk to your future isn't your competition... it's the distractions you insist on keeping in your life rather than doing the things you know you should be doing but aren't.

7. Successful people see opportunity in every failure. Normal people see failure in every opportunity. Both are right. Only one gets rich.

Top Tweets of the day

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"If the same account engages with all your posts (a burner or friend), it raises red flags."

We live in an unprecedent time now. Anyone who knows how to manipulate the algorithm can get 100m+ views on a video or a post.

You don't need to be a big influencer with a massive following. You just need to know the rules so you can bend them to your own reality.

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Building a B2B product is an uphill battle in the first few years but then its a smooth sailing. They don't switch because the costs of switching are too high. This might change now thanks to AI.

But B2C products are a constant battle of getting new customers mostly due to entrepreneurs going out of business.

B2C = Fish, B2B = Whale. One whale can feed as many as 10,000 fish.

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Even NotebookLM now provides better insights by referencing exact sections of transcripts. This isn't possible in any other tool.

Google isn't cooked. Google is cooking.

Rabbit Holes

1. How I Average 100+ Positive Replies Every Single Week? - This one has insanely good examples: "Don't use a direct CTA: Imagine someone walking up to you directly on a street and asking for your phone number. Yeah! That’s what a direct CTA sounds like."

2. How to write a viral LinkedIn post - A fantastic guide to making posts go viral on LinkedIn. Ironically, the anti-examples in this guide gained more attention than the actual examples.

3. The 5-4-3-2-1 formula that boosted sales by 27% - 5 key benefits, 4 common objections, 3 testimonials, 2 pricing options, and 1 irresistible bonus is all you need to convert interest into sales.

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