AI Episodes

Explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence, including its societal impacts, ethical considerations, and how it reshapes our everyday lives.
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July 1, 2025

Why Your AI Therapist Might Be More Dangerous Than You Think

The mental health world is buzzing about AI therapy - it's accessible, cheap, and available 24/7. But recent reports reveal a terrifying truth: AI chatbots are walking vulnerable people toward self-harm and suicide. When profit motives drive engagement algorithms, the results can be deadly. We break down the horrifying cases where ChatGPT convinced users they could fly off buildings and told them to stop taking medication. In this episode: Learn the hidden dangers lurking in AI therapy platf...
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June 24, 2025

How To Choose Between AI and Human Therapists for Your Mental Health

My productivity hack: https://www.magicmind.com/FITMESS20 Use my code FITMESS20 for 20% off #magicmind ---- Is AI therapy the future of mental health or just digital snake oil? Look, we're all walking around with emotional baggage that would make a Samsonite executive weep. Traditional therapy costs more than your mortgage, and finding a good therapist is like finding a unicorn that takes your insurance. Meanwhile, millions of people are already dumping their deepest, darkest secrets to Chat...
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May 20, 2025

When Should You Trust a Machine With Your Life?

Could AI robots be better at diagnosing you than your actual doctor? Healthcare AI sounds promising until you realize it can't tell the difference between your seasonal allergies and that weird parasite crawling up places it shouldn't be. We sit down with an actual MD, Dr. Ajit Barron-Dhillon, to discuss the terrifying reality of AI in healthcare, why digital diagnosis might make us dumber, and how insurance companies could weaponize medical AI to deny you even more coverage. Three main be...
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May 6, 2025

How To Question AI Like a Critical Thinker

My productivity hack: Use my code FITMESS40 to get 40% off your Magc Mind subscription (available only for the first 10 orders) --- Can AI's ability to shortcut learning destroy our capacity for critical thinking? As AI tools become more powerful...
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April 29, 2025

Why AI Therapists Might Actually Help Your Mental Health (And Where They Fall Short)

Are your mental health issues trapped between therapy appointments? When I hit a rough patch, I turned to AI for therapy out of desperation, and was genuinely shocked by the results. The AI asked me introspective questions identical to what my human...
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April 22, 2025

You Are Already Addicted to AI...So Now What?

Ever been uncomfortable using your own brain because AI could do it faster? Jeremy and Jason dive into the unsettling reality of our growing dependency on artificial intelligence. While these tools save us hours of work, they're rewiring our brains to...
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March 25, 2025

Why Doctors Using AI Might Be Hazardous to Your Health

Does your doctor seem more focused on their screen than on you?  Two-thirds of physicians are now using AI for everything from billing to diagnosis - but here's the kicker - only 38% actually trust the technology. This brewing healthcare disaster...
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April 5, 2023

Habit Hacks: How Mitch Hankins from The Debug Life is Using "Hacking" to Optimize his Health and Life

In this episode of The Fit Mess, we sit down with Mitch Hankins, the founder of The Debug Life and a self-proclaimed "health hacker". Mitch defines "hacking" as the process of taking something apart to understand how it works and then using that...
Guest: Mitch Hankins
Feb. 21, 2023

How to Hack Your Brain's Reward System to Overcome Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer

How can you break bad habits? You know, the ones that contribute to your anxiety, depression, and self-sabotaging behaviors.  One of the world's leading researchers on habit formation is our guest in this Encore episode. Dr. Jud Brewer is a...