Shell Game
Shell Game
Introducing Shell Game, a Strange and Immersive AI Experiment
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Introducing Shell Game, a Strange and Immersive AI Experiment

A new podcast from Evan Ratliff

Shell Game is a new show, about things that are not what they appear. For the first season, I’ve spent the last six months finding out what would happen if I made a digital replica of myself and turned it loose in the world. This is the story of the wild ride that followed, as I attempted to replace myself… before someone else could replace me.

Here’s a preview of what’s to come. First episode July 9.

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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.
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.
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