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Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real
Season 1 ¡ Episode 6
mardi 13 aoÝt 2024 ⢠Duration 53:07
Evan pushes the experiment one step further, sending his AI voice agent to talk to his closest friends and family â his buddies, his daughters, his dad. With their alternately joyful, skeptical, and painful reactions to meeting an AI version of him, he tries to come to terms with what generative AI means in this machine-made age.
Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Episode 5: My Digital Twin
Season 1 ¡ Episode 5
mardi 6 aoÝt 2024 ⢠Duration 43:21
Will AI bots replace humans in the workforce? Could one replace Evan⌠right now? Thatâs what we tackle on this weekâs Shell Game, in which Evan sees just how much of his job his voice agent can handle on his behalf.
Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath
Season 1 ¡ Episode 4
mardi 30 juillet 2024 ⢠Duration 40:45
Evan looks into the depths of his AI-powered voice agent by sending it on a new mission: going to therapy.
Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Episode 3: Conversations With Myself
Season 1 ¡ Episode 3
mardi 23 juillet 2024 ⢠Duration 33:47
Evan takes his experiment in a new direction by having his AI-powered voice agent converse with ⌠another of his AI-powered voice agents. What can these surreal and hilarious conversations between two AI incarnations of Evan Ratliff tell us about identity, authenticity, and the best and worst of human interaction? Enter this digital hall of mirrors to find out.
Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Episode 2: Me and My Scammer
Season 1 ¡ Episode 2
mardi 16 juillet 2024 ⢠Duration 37:24
Evan turns his AI-powered voice agent loose on the people who are always at the forefront of technological adoption: the fraudsters and the rip-off artists. How will the scammers and spammers react when they face Evanâs voice agent in a battle of wits? And what happens when they deploy the same kind of AI voice agents on Evan that heâs using on them?
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 youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Episode 1: Quality Assurance
Season 1 ¡ Episode 1
mardi 9 juillet 2024 ⢠Duration 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 youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe
Introducing Shell Game, a Strange and Immersive AI Experiment
Season 1
mardi 2 juillet 2024 ⢠Duration 02:52
What would happen if you created a digital copy of yourself, powered by AI, and set it loose in the world? Evan Ratliff, longtime tech journalist, decided to find out. He combined a clone of his voice, an AI chatbot, and a phone lineâmany phone lines, actuallyâinto what are called âvoice agents.â Then for the six months, he sent them out⌠as himself.
This show is made by humans. More specifically, itâs produced and edited by Sophie Bridges. Evan Ratliff is our host, and Samantha Henig is our executive producer. Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shellgame.co/subscribe


