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When AI Evan Ratliff refuses to make up with AI Evan Ratliff

Things got a little weird in Episode 3, when I sent one of my AI voice agents off to converse with another one of my voice agents. I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t listened, but let’s just say that if you aren’t already intrigued by the concept of a “photo walk,” you will be.

From what we’re hearing from folks, this episode got people cracking up even more than the first two. Your notes and online posts are charging us up for the last three episodes of this initial series, so please keep sending us stuff like THIS:

As you know if you’ve heard it, my voice agents are amazing at settling their disagreements. As I say in the episode: “Unless I specially told them not to make up, they always did.” But this led one of our Founding Members to ask, well, what does it sound like if I force them to remain angry? Well, Founding Members always get their questions answered. So here it is!

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Shell Game
Shell Game
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.
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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.
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