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6 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2024
In the first season of Shell Game, Evan Ratliff cloned his own voice, connected it to a phone line and a chatbot, and used it to call friends and family.
“I cloned my own voice. I hooked it up to a phone line and a chatbot, and then I used it in a variety of scenarios, including calling my friends and family.”
2025
Evan Ratliff says season two of Shell Game was meant to investigate the idea of a one-person, billion-dollar startup, which he says Sam Altman has discussed.
“I wanted to investigate the idea of the 1 person, 1 billion startup, or like the 1 person unicorn, which is something that Sam Altman talks about pretty often”
2025
Evan Ratliff documented his AI-agent company experiment in season two of his podcast Shell Game.
“He documented this experiment in season two of his podcast, Shell Game.”
Undated
Ratliff says Shell Game was excerpted on other radio shows, including This American Life.
“the show has been, it's been on a bunch of other shows, like, you know, This American Life and other other big radio shows did did excerpts of it.”
Undated
In season one of Shell Game, Ratliff examined the use of chatbots for therapy.
“And in season one, I looked at sort of like the therapy issue around around using chatbots for therapy.”
Undated
Ratliff says he will probably make a third season of Shell Game if he can find a suitable story.
“I'll probably do a third season of Shell Game.”
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