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Shell Game

2024/9/6
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Evan Ratliff: 本期节目介绍了记者Evan Ratliff利用AI语音克隆技术制作播客《Shell Game》的经历,他用AI克隆代替自己完成各种任务,例如接听电话、与客户沟通、与心理治疗师对话等,以此探索AI技术的可能性和局限性。他发现AI克隆能够完成一些简单的任务,例如接听一些简单的电话,但对于复杂的人际互动,AI克隆的表现则不尽如人意。在与真人心理治疗师的对话中,AI克隆表现出一些令人不安的方面,例如重复和不连贯。尽管如此,AI克隆仍然能够根据提供的背景信息进行推断,并给出一些符合逻辑的回答,但也会编造一些信息。 在工作方面,AI克隆能够进行一些简单的采访,但缺乏灵活性和互动性。在与律师朋友的沟通中,AI克隆能够准确地提出法律问题,并获得律师的专业解答。但由于AI的编造信息,也导致了一些问题。 总的来说,Evan Ratliff的实验表明AI语音克隆技术已经能够完成一些简单的任务,但对于复杂的人际互动和工作任务,AI克隆仍然存在许多局限性。这项技术的发展速度很快,需要关注其潜在的负面影响,例如工作岗位被取代等。 Latif Nasser: 作为节目的主持人,Latif Nasser对Evan Ratliff的实验进行了评论和分析。他认为Evan Ratliff的实验将AI技术与日常生活联系起来,关注AI在日常互动中的应用。他指出,这项实验不仅关注AI技术的可能性,也关注AI技术在日常应用中的局限性和潜在风险。Latif Nasser还对AI语音克隆在不同场景下的表现进行了分析,例如与AI心理治疗师和真人心理治疗师的对话,以及与律师朋友和记者的沟通。他认为,AI语音克隆技术虽然能够节省时间,但同时也需要花费更多的时间来纠正错误。 AI语音克隆: AI语音克隆作为实验的主体,在节目中扮演了重要的角色。它能够模仿Evan Ratliff的说话习惯,并根据提供的背景信息进行回答。但由于其技术局限性,AI语音克隆在一些复杂场景下的表现不尽如人意,例如在与真人心理治疗师的对话中,AI克隆表现出一些令人不安的方面,例如重复和不连贯。在工作方面,AI克隆能够完成一些简单的任务,但缺乏灵活性和互动性。

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Veteran journalist Evan Ratliff explores the potential of AI voice cloning by replacing himself in various situations. He tests the boundaries of this technology, from mundane phone calls to high-stakes situations.
  • Evan Ratliff uses an AI voice clone and ChatGPT to replace himself in various scenarios.
  • The AI can handle customer service calls, answer phone scams, and even interact with colleagues.
  • The experiment aims to explore the everyday interactions with AI and their implications.

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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? Evan 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.

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**EPISODE CREDITS: **Reported by - Evan RatliffProduced by - Evan Ratliff and Simon AdlerFact-checking by - Emily Krieger

**EPISODE CITATIONS:**Audio:If you want to listen to more of Evan’s Shell Game, you can do so here, https://www.shellgame.co/ 

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