Critical Reflection

Our podcast for Wissenschaft kurz erklärt was created using Notebook LM, an AI-driven tool that transforms text into audio content. Using AI for this podcast, rather than recording it ourselves, served a dual purpose: it allowed us to engage with AI not only as an object of inquiry (examining AI itself) but also simultaneously as a medium of inquiry (demonstrating its role in content creation). By combining these two layers, we were able to explore both the capabilities of AI and the ethical implications of using it to convey complex ideas—an approach that would not have been possible with a traditional, human-produced podcast. We specifically chose Notebook LM because its results are nearly indistinguishable from human-produced podcasts. This quality emphasises how closely AI now approximates human-like content creation, underscoring its potential as a pressing topic for ethical considerations in AI.