Episode 36•00:46:54•Sophia Smith Galer
Why the Algorithm Loves a Villain, And How to Beat It
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When the internet is full of distortions, fake news, and AI-generated slop, how can facts and journalism rise to the top? Former BBC and Vice journalist Sophia Smith Galer has one possible way to beat the misinformation and exploitation.
Her app Sophiana writes "algorithm-ready" video scripts for journalists and experts, to cut through the noise and help them go viral.
In this episode
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:53Gaming the Algorithm and Content Moderation
- 9:39Sophia's AI-Hallucinated Biography
- 13:12From BBC News to Independent Journalism
- 16:27Building Sophiana: AI Tools for Journalists
- 19:13Longform Books vs. Short-Form Video
- 24:00Platform Lock-in and Substack
- 26:12Instagram and the Myth of "Exposure"
- 28:29Labor Rights and Industry Chaos
- 32:05How to Kill a Language
- 37:32Saving Endangered Languages in California
- 40:21Multilingualism and Cultural Identity Sophia’s book, “How to Kill a Language” Her Instagram Sophiana