AI Is Upending the Lives of People Who Do Social Media Professionally | Odd Lots
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Social media is really strange these days: Increasingly, our feeds are starting to look uncanny, as AI slop proliferates all over the Internet. And for the professionals who are tasked with making content, whether it is social media managers or creators, it has been a head-spinning time of change. In this conversation, recorded at the Vermont in Hollywood, we get a primer on social media's AI era with two veteran Internet commentators, Rachel Karten (social media consultant and the author of the Link in Bio newsletter) and Taylor Lorenz (founder of User Mag). We discuss why people are afraid to admit that they love some genres of slop, why the AI discourse is evolving so rapidly, and whether our time online is moving away from scrolling feeds to engaging with chatbots. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to the LA Influencer Economy 00:01:50 - Guest Introductions 00:02:40 - Current Vibes in Social Media: AI-Generated Content in the Wild 00:03:45 - AI in Marketing Teams: The "AI Br
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