Nathan interviews Andrew Mason, CEO of Descript, about their AI-powered video editing platform. Learn how Descript is transforming content creation with features like AI transcription, custom voice overdubbing, and eye contact models. Discover the future of video editing and how AI is making it accessible to everyone in this insightful episode of The Cognitive Revolution.
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) About the Show
(00:00:22) Sponsor: WorkOS
(00:05:18) Creating Descript
(00:06:53) Favorite Features
(00:10:41) Descript Workflow
(00:14:10) Product Strategy (Part 1)
(00:16:45) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave
(00:31:12) User Fine-Tuning (Part 1)
(00:32:24) Sponsors: Omneky | Squad
(00:34:10) User Fine-Tuning (Part 2)
(00:34:54) Content Creators
(00:42:20) Small Businesses and AI
(00:43:42) Hiring AI Engineers
(00:46:25) Outro
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