My Other Self | This American Life | Episode 870
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What happens when people create alternate versions of themselves and release them into the wild? 00:00 Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks about a recent experience being interviewed and the realization that he was being asked about another version of himself. (4 minutes) 04:00 Act One: Reporter Evan Ratliff creates an AI version of himself and then sets it loose on the world. This story was adapted from Evan's podcast, Shell Game. (43 minutes) 47:55 Act Two: Emmanuel Dzotsi explores the phenomeno...
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12 people come up, including Evan, Emanuel Joi, David Simon.
- Evan (Person)
- Emanuel Joi (Person)
- David Simon (Person)
- Philip Glass (Person)
- Sophie Bridges (Person)
- Ira Glass (Person)
- Chris Jovonazo (Person)
- Samantha Hennig (Person)
- Pablo Tore (Person)
- Bert Kreischer (Person)
- Eric Yuan (Person)
- Evan Ratliff (Person)
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