MiramarMike - Blog

Yes. Mike's Audio Summaries , is a YouTube podcast experiment. I've published three at time of writing this and they have caused much amusement, confusion, and conversation. So how does each episode get produced, here's the complete run down of how I do it. 1: Write a blog post It all starts with me having an idea of blog post that will be lengthy, something that will take me a while to write as it is fact heavy, has many sections, and needs me to actually do some research.  The posts I use for the AI audio summaries are definitely not based in my usual posts, they just don't have enough in them. 2: Use NotebookLM Once I've written my post and it is published I then go to Google's NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/ NotebookLM (Google NotebookLM) is a research and note-taking online tool developed by Google Labs that uses artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Google Gemini, to assist users in interacting with their documents. It can generate summaries,

Straight of the bat you need to know that I've only listened to the first minute or so as the cringe factor is so so big.  I feel seen 😂🤣🫣😱 So let's talk about how I got myself into this situation. I opened up Google's NotebookLLM , started a 'folder' called job and popped in my CV, a link to this website, and a JD for a scrum master (I forget who's). I then asked it to create an 'Audio overview, downloaded it, converted to an MP4 and up into YouTube. OMG ... amazing eh, but I can't listen to it, I just can't. If you know me and listen let me know how it goes, maybe, maybe I don't want to know 😳