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AI Therapy Is A Crime (And You're Using It)
Episode 105

AI Therapy Is A Crime (And You're Using It)

Is your AI therapist about to get banned? We uncovered complaints filed with the FTC that suggest companies like OpenAI and Character AI are offering illegal, unlicensed therapy. But the story gets even weirder. We dive into AI Barbie, AI learning to speak in secret languages, and the most dystopian new job in the world: the "AI Sin Eater." Could you go to jail for an AI's mistake? We debate if AI should have legal rights, why Meta's Llama can recite Harry Potter, and whether talking to ChatGPT is actually therapy. **Subscribe for more on the AI revolution:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 --- **CONNECT WITH US**: * ๐Ÿ“ฑ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 * ๐ŸŽง Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc ๐Ÿฆ Hunter on X/Twitter: https://x.com/thehunter * All Links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/tmbsa

They Might Be Self-Aware ยท Hunter Powers, Daniel Bishop

July 7, 202531m 26s

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Show Notes

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Will AIs Create a Secret Language?
02:20 - Robot Espionage & AI James Bond
02:58 - The AI That Memorized Harry Potter
05:39 - Is Training AI on Books a Crime?
12:08 - The AI Barbie That Will Destroy Childhood
14:49 - Is Your AI Therapist Illegal?
17:15 - The FTC Investigates OpenAI
21:30 - The Video Game That Explains AI
25:04 - When Will AI Become a Licensed Doctor?
27:11 - The World's WORST New Job: "AI Sin Eater"
29:22 - Could You Go To Jail For An AI's Mistake?

Topics

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