The Rise Of AI

Audio Books

I have been watching videos on YouTube (which I am addicted to) about AI. It seems that those ‘in the know’ are reckoning there could be about a 40% loss of jobs in the next decade as AI robots take such jobs as driving and working in cafes…

Apparently, some Robots can play football, serve coffee, and perhaps even scratch that spot on your back you can’t reach. Imagine that? Would that put our partner out of a job?

I don’t know how you feel about AI, but embracing a robot is not something I dream about however I do use AI at times. I use AI illustrations for my Facebook ads and love or loath ‘em they make advertising for small-time authors like me easier and able to compete with the big guns in the book world.

But don’t panic I still use humans for illustrations I have a wonderful woman who has designed all my book covers and will continue to do so, a fantastic editor, who I couldn’t produce books without, and a few beta readers who are happy to read my work and tell when I’ve headed off the beaten track of my storyline.

I even have the first three Rebel books on audio narrated by Beverley Murray who does a wonderful job capturing the story which you can check out on the link below…

…and I plan to create the rest of the Planet Hy Man books with ‘human’ narration. I love audiobooks and listen to them all the time, however, it is time consuming and expensive for people to buy. So along with human narration, I have decided to use AI narration, which will be the same price as the Ebooks.

I have uploaded the three ‘Manifesto The Great’ books on Google and thought I would celebrate with ‘mates rates’ until June 18th.

No worries if you don’t use Google Play I am uploading these three books on other stores soon and will let you know.

The result is not bad, I know it won’t replace the human voice but it means you can listen to them in the car or while painting the shed…until I get around to a human narrator.

let me know what you think and…

Happy reading