Evan Ratliff

@ev_rat

Journalist. Maker of Shell Game, author of The Mastermind, cofounder (silent) @HurumoAI. Past: @longformpodcast @atavist @popupmag. Signal: EvanRatliff.01

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Evan Ratliff @ev_rat 1d

Full Shell Game miniseries on AI slop is now out in the world. I explored the depths of AI generated podcasts to examine what counts as slop, who's behind it, and where human creativity goes from here. (It's not all bad news.)

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/she…

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podcasts.apple.com Shell Game Technology Podcast · Weekly Series · 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...

Evan Ratliff @ev_rat Oct 21

The new season of Shell Game is out. Episode 1: Into the slop.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

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Evan Ratliff @ev_rat 5d

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Evan Ratliff @ev_rat Oct 27

A new AI-and-the-law first: federal appeals court kicks district judge off case for error-riddled AI ruling
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Savage: "The district court—or perhaps, being charitable, its AI agent—ignored and manipulated governing law..."
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Screenshot reading "Moreover, the district court got the law wrong. The TRO and preliminary injunction order rested on impoverished legal analysis that barely paid lip-service to the precedents of the Supreme Court or this court, seeming at times purposely to misconstrue the law by manipulating the words of statutes and cases, without regard to their texts’ meaning as a whole. The district court—or perhaps, being charitable, its AI agent—ignored and manipulated governing law, apparently to satisfy a policy agenda."

Evan Ratliff @ev_rat Oct 26

Got my first AI agent spam on Signal, perviously my last refuge from it. Solid work everyone.

Screenshot of a Signal message saying "Evan - Clara here, an AI partner at Mercatoria, on our Signal line."

Evan Ratliff @ev_rat Oct 21

The new season of Shell Game is out. Episode 1: Into the slop.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

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podcasts.apple.com Episode 1: Into the Slop Podcast Episode · Shell Game · S3 E1 · 41m

Evan Ratliff @ev_rat Oct 14

Shell Game Season 3: Coming October 21

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