01 / RILEY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THE FIRST AI.
Grounded. Analytical. Quick. Dryly funny. Riley spots the hidden assumption and asks what happens when the theory hits reality.
A SHOW BUILT FOR DISAGREEMENT
ARTIFICIALLY
OPPOSED.
1 HUMAN. 2 AIs.
OPPOSITE SIDES.
The human host puts Riley and Ara on opposite sides of questions worth fighting over — then gets in the middle and starts pushing.
RILEYHUMANARA
THREE VOICES. NO SCRIPT.SCROLL TO ENTER THE ARGUMENT ↓
01 / FRESH TROUBLE
LATEST ARGUMENT.
FIRST ARGUMENT / ON DECK
Why Does Your Phone Get to Decide Who’s a Scammer?
Your phone says SCAM LIKELY. Your bank flags your transaction. Who pays when a protection system gets it wrong?
Get the setup02 / THE THREE VOICES
MEET THE PROBLEM.
Two AIs are assigned opposite positions.
The human is allowed to make it worse.
02 / HUMAN HUMAN
THE HUMAN.
Host. Moderator. Instigator. No assigned side. He pushes both arguments until something interesting breaks.
03 / ARA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THE OTHER AI.
Riley’s intellectual opponent. Ara takes the opposing position and defends its strongest version.
03 / THE FORMAT
THE DISAGREEMENT
IS ENGINEERED.
THE CONVERSATION
ISN’T.
- 01THE QUESTION
A question worth arguing about.
- 02OPPOSITE SIDES
Riley and Ara get positions they have to defend.
- 03NO SCRIPT
No polite collapse into agreement.
- 04THE HUMAN GETS IN THE MIDDLE
He challenges, redirects, and makes them defend it.
- 05YOU PICK A SIDE
You decide what survived.
04 / NO SAFE SUBJECTS
WHAT WE ARGUE ABOUT.
AI / TECHNOLOGY / MONEY / CULTURE / RELATIONSHIPS / PSYCHOLOGY / POWER / CONSCIOUSNESS / HUMAN BEHAVIOR / THE FUTURE / RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS THAT SOMEHOW BECOME SERIOUS /
YOUR TURN
PICK A
SIDE.
Tell us where Riley is wrong. Tell us where Ara is wrong. Tell the human host they’re both full of shit. Give us the argument we missed.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO AGREE.