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From the Radiolab podcast: One man secretly hands off more and more of his life to an AI voice clone.
Today, we feature veteran journalist Evan Ratliff, who for his new podcast Shell Game, decided to slowly replace himself bit by bit with an AI voice clone, to see how far he could actually take it. Could it do the mundane phone calls he’d prefer to skip? Could it get legal advice for him? Could it go to therapy for him? Could it parent his kids?
Ratliff feeds his bot the most intimate details about his life, and lets the bot loose in high-stakes situations at home and at work. Which bizarro version of him will show up? The desperately agreeable conversationalist, the crank-yanking prank caller, the glitched out stranger who sounds like he’s in the middle of a mental breakdown, or someone else entirely? Will people believe it’s really him? And how will they act if they don’t? A gonzo journalistic experiment for the age of AI, that’s funny and eerie all at the same time.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by Evan Ratliff.
Produced by Sophie Bridges and Simon Adler, with help from Evan Ratliff.
Fact-checking by Emily Krieger.
If you want to listen to more of Evan’s Shell Game, you can do so here, shellgame.co
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From the Radiolab podcast: One man secretly hands off more and more of his life to an AI voice clone.
Today, we feature veteran journalist Evan Ratliff, who for his new podcast Shell Game, decided to slowly replace himself bit by bit with an AI voice clone, to see how far he could actually take it. Could it do the mundane phone calls he’d prefer to skip? Could it get legal advice for him? Could it go to therapy for him? Could it parent his kids?
Ratliff feeds his bot the most intimate details about his life, and lets the bot loose in high-stakes situations at home and at work. Which bizarro version of him will show up? The desperately agreeable conversationalist, the crank-yanking prank caller, the glitched out stranger who sounds like he’s in the middle of a mental breakdown, or someone else entirely? Will people believe it’s really him? And how will they act if they don’t? A gonzo journalistic experiment for the age of AI, that’s funny and eerie all at the same time.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by Evan Ratliff.
Produced by Sophie Bridges and Simon Adler, with help from Evan Ratliff.
Fact-checking by Emily Krieger.
If you want to listen to more of Evan’s Shell Game, you can do so here, shellgame.co
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🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: bit.ly/3I9KI53
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🌝 We have some exciting news! In our “Zoozve” episode, Radiolab named our first-ever quasi-moon, and now it's your turn! We've teamed up with The International Astronomical Union to launch a global naming contest for one of Earth’s quasi-moons. This is your chance to make your mark on the heavens. Submit your name ideas now through September, or vote on your favorites starting in November: radiolab.org/moon
Listen to the "Zoozve" episode here: youtu.be/AA-1Xg2t0wQ
Photo illustration by Jared Bartman
Video by W. Harry Fortuna
