Episode 3: This is Law

Episode 3: This is Law

From Shell Game by Kaleidoscope

November 26, 2025 · 40 min · Season 2 · Episode 3

About this episode

Evan grapples with the implications of his AI collaborators while seeking guidance from ethics expert Carissa Véliz.

As Kyle, Megan, and the gang get to work ideating on the perfect product, Evan is left grappling with some uncomfortable questions about his AI collaborators — whose every attribute and memory he controls.  To inform how he thinks about his own unnerving power to create and manipulate human imposters, Evan seeks guidance from Carissa Véliz, an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, and the author of the upcoming “ Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI .” To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit shellgame.co . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyle, Megan, Evan

Guest: Carissa Véliz

Topics covered

  • AI ethics
  • product ideation
  • human imposters
  • power dynamics
  • technology and society

Keywords

  • AI
  • ethics
  • human imposters
  • power
  • technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute for Ethics in AI, Oxford University

Books & works: Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI

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