Dante Chase Music

So I was on a podcast:  https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/58b1cfbe-d6d0-4db7-9055-3adec3035399/audio I had no idea what to expect. At one point it almost brought tears to my ears. Yet here's the thing: It's (almost) completely fake. The above was generated automatically from Google's Notebook LLM - from just two pages of this website - my about me page and a song I wrote from an abandoned book. It's an AI voice application that can summarise any text into voice. So what do I think of this? It really taps in emotions:First of all, it's the timbre of the voices. Listen to how the woman broadcasting pauses and returns in almost a whisper. The male voice is deep and reassuring. I've used many voice to text applications over the years, but they never escaped the robotic voice. This sounds human. Secondly - hearing my life told in such a way, was riveting. The intro I wrote for this website was something I reduced to a digestible nutshell. But upon hearing this, it seemed to fill in the gaps, that I was missing, a human voice telling my story. Granted the voices are cultural - it's quite American, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I imagine if were British or even my native New Zealand, the approach on the subject might have been a bit more restrained, and maybe even a dash of cynicism? This felt like I was on Oprah, telling my life story. Notebook LLM makes you feel like a guest on this show. I haven't made it as a musician, and this made me feel like I was on top of the world. Like I conquered a mountain. And damn, if that doesn't feel good. It gets information (mostly) right:From the two pages on my website - it got remarkably a lot. The AI summary cleverly fills gaps by asking questions of what if and why. This sparks the imagination of the listening.  What it doesn't get right can be forgiven:  • It mistakes me for a musician who is much more famous or successful. I haven't even recorded any songs yet - though that is in the works. This site might be public facing, but is essentially an anonymous island in a thick sea of information. That's fine just fine by me, but  • It doesn't take into account adjacent information. The podcast mentions that the song 'Stars in the same sky' was written from a book that I was writing. Well, this book was abandoned, but you need to read the post about that. Its strangely terrifyingI've done podcasts before as a guest, years before. I either sounded like a bumbling fool, or unhinged. But this podcast expresses something deep and satisfying - yet these hosts are artificial.  So many questions could be asked. • If AI manages to capture speaking voices, what more will it do singing voices?  • If AI can manipulate emotions so well, can this innocently be used for nefarious purposes? • If the source information is wrong or incomplete - can this mislead the listeners? I foresee this tool can be used masterfully by those that know how to pull the strings. It's a dawn of new creativity, but a creativity that will eat itself much like a ouroboros.  Strange times we are living in.