Someone is Corrupting the Young Podcasters
AI Interviews
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This is not a knock on Podmatch as they were only the place I went to find shows to appear on. I had not logged in for some time, and when I did there were people waiting to have me on their show. Great.
Did I take the usual steps to vet the person, their show, etc? No, so the predicament I got into is my fault. But I saw something very strange. Like, twilight zone kind of weird.
Give Them Grace
To give them some grace, these were very new podcasters. I accepted their invitation and the interviews happened less than a week later. With this in mind, I figured they were aware of me, or were really good at research. It sure felt like what they did was use AI to research me, and to create the questions. Why do I think this?
Because they all mentioned that I had started in my brothers basement after going through bankruptcy and divorce. Now that is all true, but it’s not in the bio of my press kit.
Something I’d Never Done
I did something else I had never done which was schedule these four interviews all in the same day. Almost back to back, which made it easier to notice “trends” like “you started in your brother’s basement…” and then they would go through my bio (Libsyn, Podpage, Hall of Fame, yada, yada, yada) and then you know what they would ask (being new podcasters)?
They said, “Tell the audience a little bit about you (to which I thought, um, you just did…).” One person I replied, “Well as you said, I’ve started podcasting in 2005…”
But wait, there’s more.
Then all four interviews asked the same questions, in the same order. Almost like there is an “Interview Dave Jackson” kit. Break glass in case of emergency interviews.
So I logged out of ChatGPT and stated I was interviewing Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting. Please write an introduction and give me eight questions to asked.
The intro I received did not contain the “brother’s basement” reference, but the questions were almost identical. So I’m not saying my brand new podcasters were going to ChatGPT for “research” but it was quite the coincidence.
And You Want Me To Share This Right?
If you want to have a guest share their interview, it needs to be different than their previous interviews. My audience has heard “my story” before, why would I subject them to it again.
Now I once interviewed Justin Moore, and I did my research and before we even pressed record I said, “Justin, I hate to do this to you, but I’m going to run you through your “Greatest hits” but my audience hasn’t heard these” and he was perfectly fine. Why? Because I’ve had 359 people click the link to his book Sponsor Magnet according to Genius Link.
It Was Just WEIRD
Again, I appreciate the opportunity to be on these shows. It just felt strange. Actually, it felt very strange like some Podcast/Internet Guru gave a checklist and everyone followed it to the letter. Weird.
So if you are the one who is corrupting young podcasters selling them “You can use AI to do the whole podcast for you - you just press record and the money comes flying in” please stop.
One More Thing
Also, can you tell new podcasters that if their audio is a 3 on a scale from 1-10, nobody is going to share the interview. Buy a microphone for Pete’s sakes, and don’t make your setup on the curb next to a busy street.
They are new. They’ll learn. I’m just trying to help them avoid “the hard way.”
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