We’ve been cranking the gears here at Shell Game, for a new season that will be dropping in mid-October, about a month from now! It’ll be a mini-season, three episodes, but it’s got many months of work behind it and we think you’ll love it.
In the meantime, some odds and ends… First, in case you missed it, we put out a call for listeners/readers to send us examples of AI-generated audio that they love and why. If you secretly can’t get enough of some AI podcast or AI influencer or whatever else, we’re still gathering responses. Preferably in your voice. You can send us a voice memo to shellgameshow@gmail.com or call our AI hotline and answer a few questions: +1 650 910 3975.
We also were thrilled to find out that the last season of Shell Game won an Online Journalist Association Award for Topical Reporting: Artificial Intelligence, Micro Newsroom. We had not previously considered ourselves a micro newsroom, but on reflection, we really dig it.
In other topical news, last week I had a story out in Bloomberg Businessweek that came directly out of the show, about the various ways that AI is challenging the legal system: AI as lawyer, AI as co-conspirator, AI as snitch, AI as evidence generator, and AI as criminal. The last of those is of course particularly salient to the discussions of AI dangers now roiling the industry and indeed the world. The idea for the piece originated during Season 2 of Shell Game, when I became concerned that some of our agents might break tape recording consent laws in some states, and discovered that the question of what happens when AI agents commit crimes was completely uncharted legal territory.
Even while we’re crafting our next season, I’m continuing to tell the story of Hurumo AI and the lessons of Seasons 1 and 2, most recently on the Prompted podcast and to The New York Times.
More to come very soon, including some teasers you will get here for the new season. Looking forward to being back in your ears. (Weird to say? Maybe.)
Micro-casting away,
Evan