# Directory

## Featured people

| Name | Documentary topic |
|---|---|
| Anthony Pierri | AI, positioning, average best practices, originality 
| Jeff Large | AI voices, podcasts, content production 
| Ronnie Higgins | AI, content, trust 
| Carol Cox | Human connection, remote work, empathy 
| Venessa Paech | Online communities, culture, trust 

## Platforms and internet properties

| Name | Type | Documentary context |
|---|---|---|
| Google | Search engine | Used as an example of search feeling less useful |
| LinkedIn | Professional social network | Used as an example of repetitive, performative content |
| Wikipedia | Collaborative encyclopedia | Example of the human-built early web |
| YouTube | Video platform | Example of early human-created internet culture and supporting media |
| Reddit | Community platform | Example of forums and human-contributed discussion |
| eBaum's World | Entertainment website | Example of early internet culture |

## Synthetic media categories

- AI-generated articles.
- AI-generated images.
- AI-generated voices.
- AI-generated podcasts.
- AI-generated video.
- AI influencers and synthetic personas.
- Machine-generated reviews.
- Machine-generated marketing content.

## Core research topics

- Content economics.
- Information provenance.
- Synthetic training data.
- Content convergence.
- Model collapse.
- Credibility and trust.
- Human-origin signals.
- Machine-to-machine publishing.