Using AI To Keep Me Focused
I was getting ready to record an episode. I had my one sentence summary: “You don’t have to be the best at something to influence them. Case in point: Ace Frehley.” It’s one of those “Dave talks about a dead person and relates their talent to podcasting” thing that I do.
So I had my bullet points and hit record. Thirty eight minutes later I listened to it and thought I was done. It was Wednesday. Sunday when I went to edit it, I noticed that I (being a guitar player) had very “inside baseball” talk about guitars, how they work, and LOTS of information that the general School of Podcasting listener wouldn’t care about. So I uploaded my episode into Otter and had it transcribed.
I then took the transcription and through it into AI (Magai) and simply asked, “What were the main points of this episode.” It spit out the main points (it missed two, but I added them), and then I rerecorded the episode. The bullet points were a little more focus and the main purpose of the bullet point.
The re-recorded version clocked in around 13 minutes without losing any of the meeting. I “trimmed the fat” and made better content.
So while I’m not a fan of having AI create content that I then have to try to enhance, I thought it helped me identify the strong points of my segment (which comes out next Monday) and deliver a better product.
Just to state the obvious. Yes, this took more time. To this I bring this up (typically about this time of year) homemade mashed potatoes take more time and effort. But when you have the option of potatoes out of a box or jar, or a bowl of homemade, which one are you going to choose?
