Inside an AI-Run Company

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of AI agents running a company and their interactions with human coworkers.

AI agents are moving from demos to real workplaces, but what actually happens when they run a company? In this episode, journalist Evan Ratliff, host of Shell Game , joins Chris to discuss his immersive journalism experiment building a real startup staffed almost entirely by AI agents. They explore how AI agents behave as coworkers, how humans react when interacting with them, and where ethical and workplace boundaries begin to break down. Featuring: Evan Ratliff – LinkedIn , X Chris Benson – Website , LinkedIn , Bluesky , GitHub , X Links: Shell Game Upcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here !

People in this episode

Host: Chris Benson

Guest: Evan Ratliff

Topics covered

• AI agents
• workplace
• immersive journalism
• startup
• ethics
• human interaction

Keywords

• AI
• agents
• startup
• ethics
• workplace
• journalism
• human interaction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shell Game

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