Evan Ratliff: Our Future with Voice Agents
A journalist's personal AI voice-clone experiment with no direct relevance to Australian public sector AI governance or policy.
Key points
- A journalist discusses his podcast experiment creating and deploying an AI voice clone of himself.
- Content focuses on journalism, personal experience, and societal musings rather than governance or policy.
- Low signal for APS readers; no governance, regulatory, or public-sector practice content.
Summary
This item is a podcast interview with investigative journalist Evan Ratliff discussing his project 'Shell Game,' in which he created an AI voice clone of himself and released it publicly. The conversation spans journalism craft, the future of voice agents, children and technology, and the end of the Longform Podcast. AI is present as a narrative device and personal experiment rather than as a subject of governance, technical, or policy analysis.
"Evan Ratliff: Our Future with Voice Agents" Source: The Gradient – Substack Published: 26 September 2024 URL: https://thegradientpub.substack.com/p/evan-ratliff-our-future-with-voice This item is a podcast interview with investigative journalist Evan Ratliff discussing his project 'Shell Game,' in which he created an AI voice clone of himself and released it publicly. The conversation spans journalism craft, the future of voice agents, children and technology, and the end of the Longform Podcast. AI is present as a narrative device and personal experiment rather than as a subject of governance, technical, or policy analysis. Retrieved from SIMS, 18 May 2026.