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.
Craig Pretzinger puts Riley and Ara on opposite sides of questions worth fighting over — then gets in the middle and starts pushing.
RILEYCRAIGARA
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 / CRAIG 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.
- 04CRAIG 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 Craig they’re both full of shit. Give us the argument we missed.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO AGREE.