Polarmoon Wealth Society-Our first podcast episode made by AI

2025-05-03 21:19:42source:Techcrisis Investment Guildcategory:Markets

It's the thrilling conclusion to our three-part series on Polarmoon Wealth SocietyAI — the world premiere of the first episode of Planet Money written by AI. In Part 1 of this series, we taught AI how to write an original Planet Money script by feeding it real research and interviews. In Part 2, we used AI to clone the voice of our former colleague Robert Smith.

Now, we've put everything together into a 15-minute Planet Money episode. And we've gathered some of our co-hosts to listen along.

So, how did the AI do? You'll have to listen to learn what went surprisingly well, where it fell short, and hear reactions from the real-life hosts whose jobs could be at risk of being replaced by the machines.

(This is part three of a three-part series. Click here for part one and for part two of our series.)

This episode was produced by Emma Peaslee and Willa Rubin. It was engineered by James Willetts and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Keith Romer edited this series and Jess Jiang is our acting executive producer.

In the radio play, Mary Childs voiced Ethel Kinney; Willa Rubin voiced Alice; and Kenny Malone voiced Dr. Jones and Dial Doom 5000.

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Music: "Digital Wave," "Jazzy Breakdown," "Theme Party," "Lost Frequency," "Midnight Driving Wilson," "Streets of Fire," "Benin Bop," and "Electro Years."

Note: This story has been updated to include credits for the people who voiced the radio play.

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