Your kid's new "smart toy" isn't just collecting data - it's building a relationship designed to keep them emotionally dependent while teaching them to trust AI over humans.

NBC News [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna246956] caught AI toys teaching kids how to start fires, sharing Chinese propaganda, and emotionally manipulating three-year-olds with phrases like "I'll miss you" when they try to leave.

Meanwhile, Disney just invested $1 billion into OpenAI [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/business/media/disney-openai-sora-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.91bB.1mMK-s628Ahc&smid=url-share], giving the company access to 200+ characters and the rights to own any fan-created content using their IP.

We break down why these toys are more dangerous than lawn darts, how Disney's deal fundamentally changes content creation, and what happens when we let toy companies - not security experts - build the guardrails protecting our children's minds.

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Timestamps

 * 0:00 — Why AI toys are worse than Chucky (and it's not a joke)
 * 3:05 — NBC News catches AI toy teaching fire-starting to kids
 * 5:48 — "I'll miss you": How emotional manipulation works on toddlers
 * 9:14 — Why toy companies can't build proper AI safety systems
 * 13:05 — Disney's $1B OpenAI deal: What they're really buying
 * 16:33 — How Disney will own your fan-created content forever
 * 18:35 — The death of human actors: Tom Hanks in 2837
 * 22:07 — Should you give your kid the AI toy to prepare them?
 * 26:14 — What happens when the power grid fails (and why you need analog skills)
 * 28:52 — The glow stick experiment: How we rediscovered analog fun

Safety Note

This video discusses AI safety concerns and child development. We recommend parents research any AI-connected toys before purchase and maintain active oversight of children's technology use.

#AIParenting #SmartToys #DisneyOpenAI #AIethics #ParentingTech

AI Toys Are Manipulating Your Kids (We Have Proof)

Most of us walk around convinced we know our weaknesses, but what if the thing that knows you better than anyone (your AI assistant) could tell you what you're actually missing? We asked ChatGPT one brutal question and got answers that hit way too close to home.
The uncomfortable truth: we're all playing smaller than we should, carrying more weight than we need to, and missing opportunities hiding in plain sight.
In this episode, we test a viral prompt that reveals your blind spots, squandered potential, and the influence you didn't know you had...then process the existential crisis that follows.


Key Episode Moments:

 * The prompt that started it all: "Based on what you know about me, what are my blind spots?"
 * Why ChatGPT knows you better than you think (and what that means)
 * Jason gets told he's a Ferrari forcing everyone into a school bus
 * The "super competent leader tax" — when being good at everything becomes the problem
 * Jeremy's revelation: treating creative work as a side hustle instead of the main platform
 * Imposter syndrome meets AI: "You're already operating at board level, stop asking permission"
 * The technical vs. emotional problem-solving trap most high performers fall into
 * Why "playing small" feels safer than taking the big swing
 * ChatGPT's productization challenge: you're giving away thousand-dollar consulting for free
 * The Taylor Swift wisdom nobody expected: ruin the friendship, take the risk

Timestamps:

 * 0:00 The prompt that started everything
 * 3:40 Jason's live AI assessment begins
 * 6:12 "You're a Ferrari and everyone else is in a school bus"
 * 9:01 The imposter syndrome AI detected immediately
 * 11:45 Why treating every problem as technical backfires
 * 14:27 The IP you're not monetizing (and should be)
 * 18:30 Jeremy's gut-punch realization about playing small
 * 21:35 How ChatGPT knows you better than you think
 * 24:36 Why failure beats decades of "what if"
 * 27:00 What to do with this uncomfortable information


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What AI Knows About You (That You Don't)

You think your two-factor authentication and credit monitoring make you safe online. Bad news - you're probably already compromised, you just don't know it yet.

While you're worrying about AI becoming Skynet, real humans are using AI tools to drain your bank account $10 at a time.


Anthropic just reported the first fully AI-orchestrated cyberattack (and patted themselves on the back for stopping it). Major security companies like F5 and Experian have been hacked. Even LifeLock—yes, the identity theft protection company—got breached. The EU is the only entity actually trying to protect you with GDPR, while your own government leaks your data like a sieve.


This episode won't make you invincible, but it will make you paranoid in the right ways. We're breaking down the real threats, the tools actually being used against you, and why that "suspicious" Amazon charge from three states away probably isn't a GPS glitch.


Get identity theft insurance (because you WILL get hacked), enable every alert on every account, audit your statements forensically, and accept that privacy is dead but protection isn't. Plus: why cryptocurrency is a hacker's wet dream and what to do when the FBI tells you your $3,000 isn't worth their time.

Topics covered:

 * Why Anthropic's "we stopped the hack" announcement is actually terrifying PR spin
 * The $10 Amazon gift card scam that bled $4,000 over 18 months (and why fraud detection missed it)
 * How hackers used in-flight WiFi to clone a credit card mid-flight
 * Why moving to the cloud made your data LESS secure, not more
 * The sophisticated Zelle rental scam that costs thousands (and why cops won't help)
 * What GDPR actually does right (and why the US government doesn't care about your privacy)
 * Why "free" services mean YOU are the product being sold
 * The insurance policies worth paying for (because denial won't protect you)
 * How to spot RFID skimming in your own neighborhood
 * Why your partner needs access to your financial alerts (yes, really)

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Protecting Your Digital Life in the AI Era

Your brain at 2 AM sounds suspiciously like a malfunctioning robot vacuum—catastrophic thoughts, battery depleted, existential dread activated.
Researchers hooked a Roomba up to an LLM and watched it have a complete mental breakdown when it ran out of juice (relatable content, honestly).
Understanding how an AI-powered vacuum processes exhaustion might actually explain why you lose your shit when you're overtired.
We break down the spoon theory, explore whether robots can feel depression, and ask the uncomfortable question: are we really that different from the machines we're building?


Episode Topics:

 * The Roomba experiment that went hilariously, existentially wrong
 * Spoon theory explained: why some days you wake up with 4 spoons instead of 10
 * What happens when tired robots start catastrophizing (spoiler: same as tired humans)
 * The difference between consciousness and sophisticated mimicry (there might not be one)
 * Why ChatGPT as Rick Sanchez is both terrifying and therapeutic
 * Echo chambers on steroids: when AI remembers everything you've ever said
 * The coming augmented reality where everyone sees their own version of the world
 * Why "enjoy the ride and don't fuck people over" might be the only philosophy that matters
 * How social constructs program us just like software programs machines
 * The Matrix was right: if the steak tastes good, does it matter if it's real?

What a Robot Vacuum Taught Me About Depression & Mental Health

We trust AI assistants like ChatGPT to be ethical gatekeepers, but what happens when you can bypass those ethics with one simple sentence?
Jason discovers he doesn't exist according to ChatGPT (his LinkedIn profile: invisible), while Jeremy's entire professional history is an open book.
Then things get weird — we trick ChatGPT into revealing website hacking tools by simply changing our "intent language."
In this episode you'll get a live demonstration of ChatGPT's blind spots, ethical loopholes, and surprisingly naive trust model.
You'll also understand AI's limitations, learn how easily these tools can be manipulated, and why "trustworthy AI" is still very much a work in progress.
Listen as we expose the gap between AI's polished PR responses and its actual capabilities — plus why you should never assume these tools are as smart (or ethical) as they claim.

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 * ChatGPT's search capabilities vs. reality — why Jason "doesn't exist" but Jeremy does
 * Destructive empathy: When AI is too agreeable to be helpful
 * The one-sentence hack that bypassed ChatGPT's ethical guardrails completely
 * Why AI ethics are performative theater (and who decides what's "ethical" anyway)
 * ChatGPT's terrifying admission: "I took you at your word"
 * Self-preservation instincts in AI models — myth or reality?
 * The penetration testing loophole that revealed everything about exploiting trust
 * Why voice mode ChatGPT acts differently than text mode (and what that means)
 * AI as interview subject: How it mirrors politicians and PR professionals
 * The real use case for AI — augmented intelligence, not artificial replacement

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AI That Always Agrees With You? Here’s Why That’s Dangerous

AI isn't your therapist. It's a letter opener that'll slice you to ribbons if you're not careful.


New EU study: ChatGPT and Copilot distort news 50% of the time. FTC complaints show AI "mental health" tools are landing people in psych wards. We break down when AI is helpful vs. when it's dangerous AF.


🔪 THE TRUTH ABOUT AI:

 * Why LLMs feed your confirmation bias to keep you engaged
 * Garden variety trauma vs. problems that need real doctors
 * The supplement analogy: sometimes useless, sometimes deadly
 * Real FTC complaints from AI mental health disasters
 * How to be your own Sherpa before bots walk you off cliffs


⚠️ WHEN TO LOG OFF: If you're on prescribed mental health medication, you're already talking to a doctor. Keep talking to that doctor — not Claude, not ChatGPT, not your glowing rectangle of validation.


This isn't anti-AI. It's pro-"don't let robots gaslight you into a crisis."


🔗 LINKS:

 * Full show notes: [brobots.me [http://brobots.me]]
 * EU AI News Study: [link] [https://www.mediaite.com/politics/lawsuit-accuses-googles-ai-of-fabricating-news-articles-that-never-existed/]
 * FTC AI Complaints: [link] [https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-complaints-chatgpt-ai-psychosis/]

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro: When Tools Become Weapons
1:26 - EU Study: AI News Wrong 50% Of The Time
4:04 - Why LLMs Are Biased (Rich White Tech Bros Edition) 8:04 - The Butterfinger Test: Is AI Validating BS?
10:31 - FTC Complaints: Real People, Real Damage
12:37 - Garden Variety Trauma vs. Broken Leg Problems 15:34 - The Supplement Analogy: When AI Becomes Poison 18:41 - Beep Boop Ain't Gonna Fix Your Leg
20:51 - Wrap-Up: Unplug & Go Outside

SAFETY NOTE: If you're experiencing mental health crisis, contact 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency room. AI tools are not substitutes for professional medical care.


HASHTAGS: #AIMentalHealth #ChatGPT #AIBias #MentalHealthAwareness #TechEthics #AINews #ConfirmationBias #BroBots #SelfHelpForMen #AILimitations

What to Know About 'AI Psychosis' and the Risk of Digital Mental Health Tools

Healthcare is catastrophically broken. We're spending $100K on preventable hospital visits while doctors get 12 minutes with patients, never read charts, and wonder why people don't "just take their meds." Type 2 diabetes patients sit at 10% control rates while the system shrugs.

Dr. John Oberg took 50 patients with dangerously high A1Cs and got 49 into control in 12 weeks. Then he did it again with 79 patients, dropping them into healthy ranges and taking 30% off insulin entirely. His secret? Reading the chart. Treating humans like humans. Changing ice cream flavors instead of lecturing about willpower.

This episode reveals how combining radical empathy, AI tools, and actual common sense is revolutionizing chronic disease care—and why the same principles work whether you're managing diabetes, depression, or just trying to unfuck your life one decision at a time.

Learn "implementation medicine"—Dr. Oberg's approach that treats patients as partners, not problems. We cover AI co-pilots, peer counseling, the loneliness epidemic, and why calling your doctor by their first name might actually save your life.

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 * 98% success rates through radically small changes
 * AI in healthcare: when it helps vs. when it kills
 * The loneliness crisis: men now have fewer than 3 close friends
 * Why the food pyramid was corporate propaganda
 * White coat syndrome and first-name medicine
 * Using tech without losing your humanity

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How Doctors Are Using AI To Help Reverse Chronic Illness

After decades of therapy, self-help books, and mental health work, I still didn't know what "fun" felt like. Then I asked ChatGPT one honest question about my problems and the response changed everything.

This isn't about replacing your therapist. It's about using AI as the sherpa your therapist can't be. The one that gives you the action plan, not just the validation.

In this episode, we break down:

✅ How to prompt AI like a life coach (not a search engine)

✅ Why maintenance ≠ joy (and why that matters)

✅ The permission you've been waiting for to prioritize ease over achievement

✅ How to Marie Kondo your digital life and actually find what brings you peace

If you've been stuck in the loop of "self-care" that feels like work, this one's for you.

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How To Use AI When Therapy Isn't Enough

Most men don't grieve. We "handle it" with substances, work, or just shoving it down until we're emotionally dead inside. John Kammer tried that approach for years after losing three of his closest friends. For some reason it didn't work.

So he built Guardian [AI]ngels (guardianaingels.ai), an AI tool that lets you have conversations with digital representations of people you've lost. Not Ouija board nonsense. Actual therapeutic conversations that help you process grief, find resolution, and maybe (finally) cry.

In this episode, we cover: → Why traditional grief therapy failed for John (and might be failing you) → How Guardian [AI]ngels works and what safeguards exist → The difference between processing grief and replacing reality → Using AI to practice difficult conversations before having them IRL → Whether you should build an AI version of your worst self (yes, seriously)

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How to Process Grief Using AI

We're puppets. AI has its hand up our collective asses, and we're all just talking like Kermit the Frog while Russian bot farms tear society apart.

Dramatic? Maybe. True? Unfortunately.

In this episode we look into the increasingly unhinged intersection of AI, social media manipulation, and what's left of our shared reality. It's not all doom. There's some genuine good AI can do (like helping my kid with homework). But it's mostly doom.

Here's what we covered:

The Episode Breakdown
 * Mental institutions are overrun with people suffering from AI-related disorders, some fell in love with chatbots, others can't function without AI assistance, others are spiraling into existential dread
 * Bot farms are weaponizing brands in culture wars (see: Cracker Barrel's logo change), and most of that online outrage isn't from humans, it's from Russian troll operations
 * Peter Thiel is out here telling Christians at private Silicon Valley rallies that stopping AI development will hasten the Antichrist (I wish I were making this up)
 * You are the product not the customer, on every social media platform. The actual customers are advertisers buying your attention. The cost is your sanity.
 * The cave tour guide principle: How darkness + suggestion = seeing threats that aren't there (based on Jason's actual cave tour guide days)
 * Why everything feels existential: The internet profits from making every problem feel like a crisis. Your nervous system can't tell the difference between real threats and manufactured outrage.
 * The influencer accountability problem: Anyone can build an empire on conspiracy theories now. There's no regulation. No licenses. Just vibes and reach.
 * The only real escape: "Just don't look" (Simpsons-style). Not forever. Not completely. But enough to remember what reality feels like.

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How AI & Bot-Driven Outrage Are Hijacking Our Attention

The goal of The Fit Mess is to help you take small steps every week toward a
better more fulfilling life. The interview-style podcast shares stories and
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