This episode is my 100th episode! As has been a theme during this research break, I have a special guest today, but this is my only nonhuman guest. No one seems 100% certain whether AI will usher us into a techno paradise or simply take over the world and eliminate us as superfluous. I decided to find out whether ChatGPT could write my podcast better than I can, so I asked it to write some episodes for me. I am pleased to report that I am not yet obsolete.  

But with a great deal of prodding, rewording of prompts, regenerating the answers, setting strict length requirements, and occasional editing by me, I did get ChatGPT to more or less write me a comedy retrospective of all ten series that currently exist on Her Half of History. You'll hear about Harriet Tubman in Shakespearean verse, Mr. Collins explain why we love Jane Austen, a blistering take on who is the best female painter of all time, and more.

Music Credits: 

• Original Recordings ("Go Down, Moses" and "Sumer Is Icumen In")
• Wikimedia Commons ("Skye Boat Song", "God Save the Queen", and "O Canada")
• Copyright Free Music on YouTube ("We Three Kings")
• Small incomplete clips of songs readily available on the Internet (theme from Pride and Prejudice (1995), theme from Mission Impossible, theme from Real Housewives of New York)
  • I believe these to fall under the category of fair use, but I will remove if asked.

Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.

Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.

Join Into History for a community of ad-free history podcasts plus bonus content.

Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.