Shell Game

By Evan Ratliff

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Subscribers: 264
Reviews: 6
Episodes: 7

Nicole
 Sep 21, 2024
Fascinating and addictive. One of the best independent podcasts.

klkonrath@gmail.com
 Sep 13, 2024

JT
 Sep 10, 2024
A tantalizing look at the state of the art with interactive AI bots. I feel like the joke's on me, though: I'm not sure why the presenter didn't reveal that it was his voice clone reading a script and not a human presenter.

Derek
 Sep 9, 2024
Incredible show! Gripping story telling and crazy premise

Rebecca
 Aug 18, 2024
An interesting and thought provoking look at various aspects of AI and how it's already incorporated in our lives and where the technology may be going. The host Evan conducts fascinating real world experiments using his AI agent.

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. Shell Game was named one of the the best podcasts of 2024 by New York Magazine, a top 10 podcast of 2024 by The Economist, one of the five most insightful podcasts of the summer by The Week, and one of the five best tech and business podcasts of the year by The Information. It's "riveting," says The New Yorker, "awesome" says The Verge, and "slightly terrifying," says The Globe and Mail. 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.

www.shellgame.co

Episode Date
Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real
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 Aug 13, 2024
Episode 5: My Digital Twin
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 Aug 06, 2024
Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath
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 Jul 30, 2024
Episode 3: Conversations With Myself
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 Jul 23, 2024
Episode 2: Me and My Scammer
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 Jul 16, 2024
Episode 1: Quality Assurance
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 Jul 09, 2024
Introducing Shell Game, a Strange and Immersive AI Experiment
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 Jul 02, 2024