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  • Umm, ahh, oops: The case for awkward interviews

    9:05am
    Saint Paul

    I saw a video on LinkedIn just now where a woman walks through ehr video production using AI.

    And one of the first things she mentions is how the AI tool can remove filler words.

    The umms… The ahhs… and whatnot.

    I used to do this for my Persuasion Play Podcast episodes.

    Remove filler words. Shorten silences.

    It added hours to my work. Like, 3x the length of the recording. So a 1 hour interview took an additional 3 hours or so. Before adding slides, splicing in the introduction and theme song, and writing show notes.

    And today, AI can do it all for me?

    Great, I’ll pass. Here’s why.

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  • Lies and the Limbic Brain

    Think about a time when you pretended to continue an uncomfortable conversation as you moved into another room. Sure, you could still talk back and forth, but it was more difficult. Another item soon occupied your focus, which ended the exchange.

    Discomfort rules your limbic brain. That limbic lizard brain inside is what moves your body to a safer room when you’re uncomfortable.

    I found myself doing exactly this earlier last week. Fleeing the scene of an accidental argument. (more…)