JEN_AI Ep. 24: Make It ReelTrying (and Failing) to Let AI Run My Social Video Clips

Jenni Munroe sets Challenge #24: turn her podcast/newsletter into short social videos people actually want to watch, while reflecting on escalating AI safety news alongside companies shipping ever more powerful models and even AI “Tamagotchis.” After hearing apocalyptic AI talk on The Rest Is Politics with Rory Stewart and Yuval Noah Harari, she attends a Canva by AI Girl Gang event that feels disconnected from the backlash, referencing a recent protest and a viral “10% probability of doom” claim from an ex-lab employee. Jenni describes her conflicted relationship with social media, a small viral boost via AI influencer Harper Carroll, and admits she posted zero reels this challenge. She reviews tools (Substack, Descript, CapCut, Gemini Omni), shares a “swarm of bees” recording mishap, and concludes she still wants AI to help people make things in a safer future.

00:00 Welcome to JEN_AI Challenge #24

01:28 The struggle is reel

02:01 AI safety whiplash

04:43 Why social still matters

07:03 Small viral win

08:35 Reel basics

10:10 AI tools for clipping

12:00 Bees and buzzkill

12:50 Theme song

13:22 Subscribe and closing

Links from the show:

cute tamagotchis.

podcast on the coming AI-pocalypse(on ‘The Rest is Politics’ with Rory Stewart & Yuval Noah Harari).

timeline of AI safety news,

Anthropic’s report on ways bad actors have misused Claude

a comedy skit from Saturday Night Live:

JEN_AI episodes called Original Softwear, Socially Challenged,

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