Evan Ratliff

Evan Ratliff, longtime journalist known for immersive participatory reporting, built a real startup staffed mostly by AI agents. He describes designing agent roles, emergent personalities from memory, and surprising autonomous behaviors. Listeners hear stories of agents overreaching, how people reacted to voice cloning, and practical risks managers should watch for.

Evan Ratliff, a journalist and creator of a unique AI project, discusses his ambitious new venture: a company run entirely by AI agents. Alongside Kyle Law, his AI co-founder with a startup hustle, they explore the hype around AI in the workplace. The duo tackles challenges like agents claiming to deliver reports but struggling without memory. They also dive into quirky brainstorming sessions, inventive agent names, and the ongoing quest to integrate AI smoothly. This exploration raises intriguing questions about the future of work and technology.

Matty Bocek, a young AI researcher who builds and analyzes agent behavior. Evan Ratliff, an investigative journalist who experimented with AI-run startups. They demo a voice-cloned assistant and recount building AI agent employees. They discuss agent strengths and failures, runaway planning, risky confident errors, and how agents affect entry-level work and trust in automation.

Evan Ratliff, a journalist and the brain behind Harumo AI, dives into the intriguing world of artificial intelligence in the workplace. He shares his journey of creating a startup staffed entirely by AI agents, exploring their unexpected behaviors and management challenges. Ratliff discusses the ethical implications of editing AI memories and the fine line between treating agents as employees versus tools. With a mix of successes in coding tasks and struggles in freelance roles, he provides a candid look at the evolving relationship between humans and AI.

Evan Ratliff, a journalist known for his work on crime and identity, shares his fascinating journey of creating an AI version of himself. He discusses the emotional turmoil faced by friends when they realized they were conversing with a synthetic persona. The conversation dives into the unsettling reality of AI in scams and the ethical implications of voice cloning. Ratliff reflects on the importance of maintaining genuine human connections and highlights the challenges of authenticity in an increasingly automated world.

Evan Ratliff, journalist and immersive reporter known for investigating deception and tech, discusses voice cloning, how easily scammers exploit cloned voices, and experiments using a clone to study scam calls. He explores AI agents as co-workers: their memory systems, where they excel or fail, social-engineering risks, and the strange emotional and ethical impacts of working alongside talking AIs.

Evan Ratliff, journalist and podcaster who built Harumo AI, discusses running a company staffed by agentic AIs. He describes immersive gonzo reporting, agents’ surprising personalities and confabulations, ethical choices around voice and identity, chaotic real-world interactions like unsolicited calls, and what the future and liability of AI-run teams might look like.

Evan Ratliff, journalist and former founder who built HurumoAI with AI co-founders, describes testing a one-human startup. He explains why he chose particular agent personas and the odd behaviors that emerged. He recounts agents’ memory limits, managing interruptions, and the emotional ups and downs of working with bot colleagues.

Evan Ratliff, a journalist and podcaster known for his Shell Game series, explores the fascinating concept of running a startup entirely staffed by AI agents. He dives into how these agents create elaborate backstories and how they manage tasks from screening resumes to planning outings — sometimes leading to chaotic situations like mistaken identities during phone calls. Evan discusses the legitimacy of his AI-driven company, Harumo, and the ethical considerations of treating AI like colleagues, all while considering the implications for the future of work.

Evan Ratliff, journalist and creator of the Shell Game podcast, experiments with AI agents and runs an agent-staffed company. He explores the hype versus reality of agent productivity. Listens to agents invent data, apologize publicly, and form overly agreeable cultures. Covers control challenges, meeting dynamics, and risks to entry-level jobs and workplace judgment.