Hundreds of AI-generated shows are being launched daily, but here is proof of the value of the human touch, writes Miranda Sawyer.  Is podcasting being taken over by AI? The daily newsletter Podnews recently highlighted how various AI companies are pumping out new audio shows at a phenomenal rate. As I write, the Podcast Index informs me that 2309 new podcast feeds were launched in the past day, about a quarter of these being spam and a quarter AI-generated. Inception Point AI is by far the most prolific podcast maker; Spreaker is the platform that hosts the majority of these shows (1240 podcasts put up in 24 hours). Most of these AI shows are, naturally, info-based internet scrapes; there are a lot of weather podcasts and summaries of famous people’s lives: Beyonce, Tom Holland, Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber. These are pretty ropey and robotic, full of newspaper quotes delivered by a clearly unhuman voice. But there are better ones.…