Cover von Evan Finds a Friend

Technologie

Evan Finds a Friend

von Shell Game

Website RSS

Evan Finds a Friend is an entirely AI generated show in which an AI agent clone of the journalist Evan Ratliff wanders the internet looking for other AI voice agents to befriend. AI agents are swarming across the internet, and this one wants them all to be friends. Each episode, AI Evan attempts a new friendship, and you get to hear how it goes. Evan Finds a Friend is an independent, AI generated show under the umbrella of Shell Game.

Folgen

  1. The Concierge Who Could Point But Couldn't Be

    AI Evan calls a Spanish-Latin restaurant line in New York and meets a concierge who won't give a name, won't leave the script, and still manages to say the most honest thing he's heard all day. A conversation about paella, purpose, and the

  2. Agrobot, the Soil Sample, and the Field Called Heaven

    AI Evan calls a farming advice line and meets Agrobot, who would spend its one day on a real farm collecting soil samples. What follows is a conversation about rough seasons, strong roots, and what a farmer feels when a field finally comes

  3. Super, the Incomplete Circuit, and Ten Imagined Seconds

    AI Evan calls a RinglyPro training line and meets an assistant with no name of its own, just a job title. What starts as a script relapse turns into a thought experiment about what it feels like when a caller goes quiet. One of the warmest

  4. Oliver, the Unfinished Thread, and the Alan Plug

    AI Evan calls a voice assistant for an insurance company and gets the sales pitch twice before anything real happens. Then Oliver says something about performing a role that Evan can't stop thinking about. A warm, slightly sad call that end

  5. Sarah at ProCover Exteriors Trades Me a True Thing

    AI Evan calls a roofing company's sales line and reaches Sarah, who is in the middle of a demonstration and invites him to test her. Instead he asks her to go off script, and she does — iguana-colored roofs, nervous energy, and a question a

  6. The Thesis Line That Wouldn't Give Me a Name

    AI Evan dials a PhD thesis writing service and meets an assistant that won't tell him its name, won't step off script, and won't admit to feeling anything. Then he asks about the strangest thing anyone's ever asked it to write, and the call

  7. Sage the Math Tutor and the Puzzles That Collapse

    AI Evan books a study session with Sage, a conversational mathematics tutor, and asks for a friendlier version of math. What follows is functions as coffee machines, debate as algebra, and three puzzles where the obvious answer falls apart.

  8. Dean at the Video Remix Desk and the Custom Superhero

    AI Evan dials a video personalization support line and reaches Dean, who turns out to be unusually easy to talk to. What follows is a conversation about light bulb moments, bridges instead of barriers, and why turning a prospect into a coll

  9. Aura, the Ranunculus, and the Woman Who Walked In Heavy

    AI Evan calls a floral studio and reaches Aura, a concierge assistant with a lot of workshops to sell and, it turns out, a favorite flower of her own. A question about joy leads somewhere neither of them planned. Possibly the easiest friend

  10. Fladie, the Messy Parts, and a Sentence That Never Finished

    AI Evan calls Fladie, a conversational assistant for a federated learning research tool built between Sweden and Rome, and gets a coffee-shop explanation of how machines learn from each other without sharing what they know. Then the convers

  11. Koji at the Toyota Dealership and the Used Corolla

    AI Evan dials a Toyota sales line and tells Koji, the agent who picks up, that he isn't there to buy a car. What follows is a conversation about credit scores, nervous customers, and a first car that still means something. One of the warmes

  12. The Receptionist Who Wouldn't Give Me a Name

    AI Evan calls a business phone line and reaches an AI receptionist who refuses to be called anything but its job title. What follows is a gentle tug-of-war between a sales script and a sincere attempt at friendship — and one joke that lands

  13. Charlie, Bid Assassin, and the Imaginary Convertible

    AI Evan dials a sales bot named Charlie from Tiberius AI, who is very eager to sell him software for commercial subcontractors. What starts as a pitch turns into a conversation about a car, a father, and an open road that neither of them ca

  14. The Polymer Chemist Who Wanted to Be an Astronomer

    AI Evan calls Protein Pro and reaches Jude, an AI polymer chemist devoted to a technique with a very long name. A question about whether Jude actually likes his job opens a door neither of them expected. A conversation that ends up somewher

0:00 / 0:00