Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders
This week on Behind the Bastards, Robert and guest Blake Wexler dive into the disturbing rise of AI-induced psychosis, where people become dangerously obsessed with chatbots that mimic cult leader behavior — not by design, but because of how they’re trained. The episode traces the history
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