🎙️ Podcast: Are Social Media and A.I. Ruining SCUBA Diving?

Are social media and AI ruining the SCUBA diving Industry? Diving for likes, copycats and straight-up manufactured underwater content. It’s all become commonplace and as an underwater filmmaker and avid social media poster, it seems like an appropriate topic for this DiveSAGA Dive Debrief podcast. Hosted by underwater filmmaker and SCUBA instructor trainer Nick Derutter. This episode is supported by InDepth Magazine. Start reading and learning from serious SCUBA diving journalism today: http://www.indepthmag.com In this episode of the DiveSAGA Dive Debrief podcast: • How social media shifted control from traditional media to individual creators and explorers• Why “diving for likes” can influence behavior for better and worse• The difference between bad influencer culture and useful creator collaborations for small dive operations• Conservation and education through social platforms• How dive training and good habits are shaped (or distorted) by what people see online• AI in underwater photography: editing tools vs real imagery• AI in writing and captions and the danger of creators becoming “robots talking to robots”• Why DiveSAGA is sometimes accused of being AI-generated and how that creates teaching moments• Why authenticity and real-world experience still matter underwaterMake sure to follow DiveSAGA on Youtube: 📺 http://www.youtube.com/@divesaga Instagram: 📱 http://www.instagram.com/divesaga