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Episode Synopsis
You thought filters were just for photos? Think again. In this episode, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer wade through the murky waters of modern digital life, where everything seems to be a filter: restaurant reviews, dating apps, social feeds, even healthcare choices. Have we filtered so much that we've lost the raw, the real, and the reliable? But it’s not all rant - there’s redemption. The hosts offer a solid recommendation: swap out search engines for GenAI tools to explore the web. Why scroll through SEO-optimized junk when you can have an AI actually converse with you? And in possibly the most self-aware moment in podcast history, they ask GenAI tools—ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude—to rank themselves. Then (because they can’t help themselves), they ask those same bots to critique their critiques. Spoiler: the results are either deeply insightful or utterly broken. You decide.
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