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Shell Game

Shell Game

Released: 2024-07-09
© Evan Ratliff
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5 Episodes
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Listen on Apple Podcasts
5 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2024-07-09
© Evan Ratliff
Most Recent Episode
Episode 1: Quality Assurance

Episode 1: Quality Assurance

Time: 32:43
This is the story of what happens when Evan Ratliff, a longtime tech journalist, makes a digital copy of himself, powered by AI, in order to understand how amazing and scary and utterly ridiculous the world is about to get.
In Episode 1, Evan clones his voice, hooks it up to a chat bot and his phone line, and sends it off to tangle with customer service representatives.
Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's produced and edited by Sophie Bridges, and written and hosted by Evan Ratliff. Samantha Henig is our executive producer. Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Episode ID: 1000661647891
GUID: substack:post:146410946
Release Date: 09/07/2024, 13:00:00

Description

A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. In Season One, that thing is Evan’s voice. By creating a voice clone and hooking it up to an AI chatbot, Evan set out to discover what happens when you try to take control of the very technology that threatens to replace you.
Over the course of six episodes, Evan’s voice agents talk to spammers and scammers, to Evan’s friends and family, to colleagues and sources, to other AIs, and even to a therapist—all to better understand what AI voice is able to do, what it can't yet do, and what to expect from a future in which more and more of the people we encounter in the world aren’t real.
Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
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Apple Podcasts: Customer Reviews

2024-08-02

Scary, yet interesting

AI is a weird topic, but this podcast helpfully explains and shows what we might see in the future… sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always fascinating…
Retro_Shark
2024-07-18

Interesting

More than interesting I find it funny. Subscribed immediately and I’m enjoying it.
anidu1988