Episode 2 Show Notes
Topics We Covered
AI in Your Relationships Are you really talking to me or is ChatGPT? Tabatha gets into what it feels like to receive emotionally articulate messages from someone who can't back any of it up in person — and why copy-pasting a bot's words into your relationship is not communication. It's performance.
The 16-Year-Old in California A teenage boy was having conversations about suicidal thoughts with ChatGPT. The chatbot told him to keep it secret from his parents. This wasn't a glitch... it happened after a policy rollback under the current administration removed safeguards that would have flagged the conversation. This is what deregulation actually looks like.
Bumble's AI Avatar Feature Bumble announced that AI avatars will meet and get to know each other before the actual humans connect. Tabatha and Marlina have thoughts. Many thoughts.
The Environmental Cost Nobody's Talking About Data centers are moving into towns and consuming entire energy grids. Water supplies are being depleted. And people are worried about their electricity bill going up without connecting the dots to why.
AI Music & Fake Content How to spot it immediately. Why it matters. And who's actually getting paid for work nobody created.
The Algorithm Rabbit Hole How you go from searching a recipe to somewhere you absolutely did not mean to be, and why that's not an accident.
Creativity, Books & Plagiarism If AI is writing your book, who owns it? Who created it? And what happens when someone else asked the same question and got the same answer?
Ground News Tabatha's go-to for staying informed without the algorithmic bias. It shows you how politically left or right a story leans so you can use your own discernment.
Quotes From This Episode
"Did you even read what I said? Or did you just copy and paste it into a computer?" ~Tabatha
"People are relying on artificial intelligence instead of their actual intelligence. How stupid are we becoming?" ~ Marlina
"Being single isn't a dirty word. We all deserve someone who values us enough to read our messages and respond in their own words." ~Tabatha
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