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The AI finds podcast ad breaks and my app builds the cut list

A local Whisper model on his iMac writes out an episode with timecodes. The AI 2.5 reads the transcript, marks the ad blocks, and sends the timecodes back as JSON so his app can build a cut list.

How it works

  1. Whisper model transcribes an episode on his iMac
  2. Transcript with timecodes goes to the AI 2.5
  3. The AI marks the ad blocks
  4. Timecodes return as JSON
  5. The app builds a cut list

Why it’s worth knowing

The AI never heard the episode. From the transcript alone it could tell where the ads sat and hand back the exact timecodes.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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