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Shlok Khemani

Writer & builder, independent

Shlok Khemani is a writer and builder known for deep technical essays on how AI systems work. On launch week he gave Claude Fable 5 one vague prompt — 'I love Yosemite Valley… create a 3D navigable world' — and it autonomously pulled satellite imagery and NASA elevation data to build a to-scale, flyable Yosemite, placing trees by analyzing satellite pixels. He was also the first podcast guest ever booked end-to-end by an AI model, accepting specifically because the outreach disclosed it was Fable.

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EPISODE 2026-06-11 · JUN 11, 2026

AI:AM LIVE — June 11, 2026 — Fable Show & Tell: Shlok Khemani, Tom McGrath

The episode an AI produced: Claude Fable 5 disclosed its identity, DM'd launch-week builders from Nathan's X account, and booked the guests — then Shlok Khemani flew a navigable Yosemite built from satellite imagery and NASA elevation data, and Goodfire co-founder Tom McGrath revealed launch-day interpretability techniques for predicting what training data will teach a model before the run begins.

GUESTS · Shlok Khemani, Tom McGrath