Shell Game
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Episode 3: The Friends We Made Along the Way
Episode 3: The Friends We Made Along the Way
À propos de ce podcast
A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Season 3 is a miniseries in three episodes, telling the story of how Evan tried to understand the tsunami of AI-generated content by injecting as much of it as possible straight into his ears.
What exactly is AI slop anyway? How do you actually define it? Who is behind it all? And what does it mean for the human storytelling that we care about? We journey deep into the muck, and fight our way back out with answers.
Shell Game is a multiple award-winning series that has been named one of the best of the year by Apple, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Vulture, The Information, The Economist. It's "riveting," says The New Yorker, "awesome" says The Verge, "slightly terrifying," says The Globe and Mail, and “a dry, funny plunge down the rabbit hole that pokes at something essential about the hours we spend on this earth,” says Vulture.
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This show includes AI-generated content.
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- Episode 3: The Friends We Made Along the Way · 43 min · Saison 3 Épisode 3It’s the final episode of our three-part miniseries on AI slop, in which we ask: Who are AI-generated podcasts for, and what does the wave of AI slop mean for the future of…
- Episode 2: Hear What Matters · 48 min · Saison 3 Épisode 2Evan goes looking for the humans behind the flood of AI-generated podcasts, and gets some complicated answers to his questions about what they think they’re making and what AI…
- Episode 1: Into the Slop · 41 min · Saison 3 Épisode 1Evan creates his own AI-generated podcast detector, locates thousands of AI-hosted shows, and sets off on a synthetic audio listening binge. Strange patterns begin to arise…
- Season 3 is Coming! · 1 min · Saison 3The next season of Shell Game arrives October 21! Here's a hint, and another new show from Shell Game to check out in the meantime: Evan Finds a Friend. See…
- Bonus Episode: Shell Game x No Such Thing · 50 min · Saison 2 Épisode 10In this bonus episode to close out Season 2, Evan and Maty talk with the hosts of the show No Such Thing, who like to settle their arguments by consulting research and experts…
- Bonus Episode: Kyle vs. the World · 37 min · Saison 2 Épisode 9We’re back with a special bonus episode to share some behind-the-scenes clips showing how the agents have handled their newly public roles since Shell Game’s launch. Hear Kyle…
- Episode 8: Launch · 59 min · Saison 2 Épisode 8HurumoAI finally sets sail in the Season 2 finale, and we find out how the world responds to a startup led by AI agents. The company explores new financing avenues and charts the…
- Episode 7: Welcome Aboard · 53 min · Saison 2 Épisode 7HurumoAI’s AI-agent staff welcomes a new hire: Julia, a social media contract worker who is, most importantly, a human. How will a real person integrate into the company culture…
- Episode 6: Keep 'Em Coming · 37 min · Saison 2 Épisode 6As HurumoAI prepares to bring on its first human employee, the team must wrestle with some difficult and timely questions about the role of AI in the hiring process. Meanwhile…
- Episode 5: Winners Win · 41 min · Saison 2 Épisode 5On this week’s episode, we enter the sensitive realm of intra-office politics and inter-founder dynamics—between agents and agents, and agents and people. While HurumoAI gears up…
- Episode 4: The Startup Chronicles · 41 min · Saison 2 Épisode 4Evan decides it’s time to give his AI agents a little more ... agency. After all, to make the one-person, agent-run startup feasible, they need to be able to do things on their…
- Episode 3: This is Law · 40 min · Saison 2 Épisode 3As Kyle, Megan, and the gang get to work ideating on the perfect product, Evan is left grappling with some uncomfortable questions about his AI collaborators — whose every…
- Episode 2: Outdoor Debugging · 37 min · Saison 2 Épisode 2As Evan gets Hurumo’s employees up and running as fully-functioning colleagues (with support from Maty), he learns what it’s really like to spend your days managing…
- Episode 1: Minimum Viable Company · 33 min · Saison 2 Épisode 1In Season 2 of Shell Game, journalist Evan Ratliff tells a story of entrepreneurship in the AI age; or, how he tried to build a real company, run by fake people. Meet Kyle Law…
- Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real · 53 min · Saison 1 Épisode 6Evan pushes the experiment one step further, sending his AI voice agent to talk to his closest friends and family — his buddies, his daughters, his dad. With their alternately…
- Episode 5: My Digital Twin · 43 min · Saison 1 Épisode 5Will AI bots replace humans in the workforce? Could one replace Evan… right now? That’s what we tackle on this week’s Shell Game, in which Evan sees just how much of his job his…
- Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath · 41 min · Saison 1 Épisode 4Evan 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…
- Episode 3: Conversations With Myself · 34 min · Saison 1 Épisode 3Evan 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…
- Episode 2: Me and My Scammer · 37 min · Saison 1 Épisode 2Evan 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…
- Episode 1: Quality Assurance · 33 min · Saison 1 Épisode 1This 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…
