AI and the Future of Podcasting

Carmen: I am sympathetic to the concerns that podcasters and hosts and voice talent share about the growing role of AI. Even before chat GPT and Deepfakes became part of our Carmen parlance, narrators have been concerned about AI voice tech taking their jobs. Proponents of using AI narrators point out that most books don't have audio versions because it makes zero economic sense to create them for books that aren't destined for best seller lists or Hudson's tables.