How a Top Podcaster Rides the AI Wave - Ep. 28 with Nathaniel Whittemore

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Jul 31, 2024

Nathaniel Whittemore is the host of The AI Daily Brief and CEO of Superintelligent, an AI education platform. In this discussion, he reveals how he curates AI news using innovative tools like Google News and Perplexity. He shares invaluable insights from producing over 300 podcast episodes and emphasizes the importance of AI in optimizing workflows. Listeners will gain practical tips on leveraging AI for content creation and enhancing productivity, highlighting the technology's transformative role in podcasting and the creative process.

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ADVICE

AI for Efficiency

Find small, daily AI-powered efficiencies.
These small gains accumulate into significant time savings over a year.

INSIGHT

Secret AI Use

Most knowledge workers use AI secretly at work, hindering widespread learning.
Corporate policies and fear of restrictions contribute to this secrecy.

INSIGHT

AI's Power for Non-Experts

AI tools are most powerful for non-experts, filling skill gaps rather than augmenting existing expertise.
Writers benefit from AI for micro-tasks and brainstorming, but not full article creation.

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Keeping up with AI is Nathaniel Whittemore’s full-time job—and I spent an hour with him to understand how he does it.

Nathaniel is the host of a top-ranked AI podcast on the technology charts, The AI Daily Brief, which breaks down the most important news in AI every day. He is also the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, a platform that teaches you how to use AI for work and fun through interactive video tutorials.

We talked about how he curates information with X bookmarks, Google News, news aggregator Feedly, and research tool Perplexity; the workflow that helps him record and produce two daily podcasts; and why he thinks optimizing your processes with AI remains one of its most underrated applications.

Here’s what you’ll learn if you listen to or watch this episode:

How to curates AI news using X bookmarks, Google News, Perplexity, and other specialized tools
Nathaniel’s insights from producing 300-plus episodes of a top-ranked podcast
The granular details of the workflow that helps Nathaniel produce two daily podcasts
Actionable advice on how to get the most out of AI right now

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Timestamps:

Introduction: 00:00:51
How you can get value of AI right now: 00:02:15
Nathaniel goes through his X bookmarks: 00:14:07
Why content should have a point of view: 00:20:25
Tools that Nathaniel uses to curate news about AI: 00:23:47
How to use LLMs to structure your thoughts: 00:31:27
Why the history of Excel is a good way to understand AI’s progress: 00:38:40
The AI features in Descript that Nathaniel uses: 00:45:46
AI-powered tools to help you generate content:00:49:11
Nathaniel’s tips on using Midjourney to generate YouTube thumbnails: 00:58:32

Links to resources mentioned in the episode:

Nathaniel Whittemore: https://twitter.com/⁠nlw
The podcasts Nathaniel hosts: The AI Daily Brief, The Breakdown Podcast
Nathaniel’s AI education platform: Superintelligent
The tools Nathaniel uses to curate AI news: Google News, Feedly, Perplexity
The AI-powered content generation tools Nathaniel likes: Hoppy Copy, SEO.ai