Steroid Olympics

This week, we discuss the chaotic transition to an AI-augmented era, the roiling backlash trying to slow it down, and how we’ll come to terms with a weird new world. Plus: The dénouement of the scale era in publishing and beginning of the “inversion” era of media brands.* Watch us on YouTube* Troy Young’s People vs Algorithms newsletter* Brian Morrissey’s The Rebooting newsletter* Alex Schleifer’s Human Computer* Follow Alex, Brian and Troy on TwitterChapters:* 00:00 Open* 01:33 Welcome* 04:55 Graduation Speech AI Backlash* 05:46 Pope AI Encyclical Buzz* 07:40 Why People Distrust AI* 13:23 AI Book Quote Scandal* 15:16 Steroid Olympics for Creators* 19:23 Flood of Synthetic Content* 22:31 Human Only Platforms* 27:53 LLM Confidence and Hallucinations* 31:55 Breaking the AI Loop* 32:38 Google Ends Link Search* 36:39 Vox Deal and Glue Factory* 40:30 Inversion Strategy at People* 43:52 Monetizing Brands via SKUs* 46:04 Supernatural Comeback Economy* 48:44 Good Product* 57:52 Credits This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.peoplevsalgorithms.com