ALT AI Agents as subjects: I do create and deploy AI agents in order to tell immersive, reported, satirical stories in my podcast Shell Game. These agents may have voices, visual representations, and video avatars—which might be clones of myself or purely AI-generated—and the ability to operate independently. I use many different AI tools to create and launch them. If you hear them in the show, come across them in the the world at large, or communicate with them in any form, their outputs are AI generated.

ALT Writing: I do not use generative AI for any of my writing or editing. This prohibition includes using AI to generate any portion of any words I write, placing any of my writing into an AI tool for editing or review, or using AI-enhancement writing features within any tool. It also includes brainstorming ideas for my writing, or using AI to get unstuck on a particular writing challenge. If you read or hear a piece of journalism I have written and published—whether an article, a podcast script, or a book—AI has not been involved in its writing, and none of what you are consuming is AI-generated. (Excepting the disclosed use of AI clones and AI agents as story subjects, outlined below.)