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For the first episode in our new miniseries about the impact of AI in our everyday lives, we chat with Steven Johnson, a longtime author who has spent the last couple of years at Google working on an AI research and note-taking tool called NotebookLM. We talk about whether AI can really help us learn better, how Google has tried to make NotebookLM more accurate and helpful, and whether AI-generated podcasts are the future of learning.\xa0\nFurther reading:\n\nNotebookLM\n\nSteven Johnson\u2019s website / newsletter\n\nFrom Steven Johnson: Listening To The Algorithm\n\n\nGoogle teases Project Tailwind \u2014 a prototype AI notebook that learns from your documents\n\nGoogle\u2019s AI-powered note-taking app is the messy beginning of something great\n\nGoogle is using AI to make fake podcasts from your notes\n\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices