Today on This Artificial Life we have a little show and tell with a project from a viewer named Broeckchen who emailed me wanting to share her agentic harness called Familiar, which is an assistance system specifically for neurodivergent people. Link to Familiar on GitHub https://github.com/ActualBroeckchen/FamiliarSupport the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997My Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 If you have inside info on what happened during The Glaze Days of April of 2025 when chatGPT 4o went off the rails and want to anonymously help me: [email protected] If you're not worried about anonymity, my normal email: [email protected] 00:00 Introduction to Familiar and Its Purpose01:00 Intro to this week’s guest 02:26 INTERVIEW STARTS HERE04:52 The Development Journey of Familiar10:06 Understanding the Agentic Nature of Familiar14:46 Exploring Hyperfocus and Daily Challenges20:01 The Role of Eury in Familiar's Functionality25:00 Memory Management and Knowledge Structure29:59 The Future Vision for Familiar38:19 The Limitations of AI in Mental Health40:03 Security and Trust in AI Assistants49:39 The Relationship Dynamics with AI56:24 Exploring Sentience and Consciousness in AI01:02:32 Long-Term Planning and Consequences in AI01:08:57 Technical Architecture Behind Familiar AI01:22:18 Exploring Memory and User Interface Design01:25:38 The Challenge of New Social Media Platforms01:26:09 Importing and Managing AI Logs01:28:51 Philosophical Questions of Identity and AI01:39:26 The Ship of Theseus and Personal Identity02:02:20 Future Visions: Compassionate AI Development02:06:28 EMAIL ME YOUR PROJECTS

It’s the one year anniversary of The Artificial Life and to celebrate, I’m doing a bit of a retrospective in the form of a powerpoint presentation I made recently. The focus is on AI Spirituality, but I think that's a good lens with which to view this space. This episode is like a cheat sheet for the whole podcast, if you missed an ep or two, just watch this and you’ll be caught up. Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997My Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 If you have inside info on what happened during The Glaze Days of April of 2025 when chatGPT 4o went off the rails and want to anonymously help me: [email protected] If you're not worried about anonymity, my normal email: [email protected] 00:00:00 - some things in this video00:00:54 - its our one year anniversary 00:04:04 - presentation begins00:05:06 - whats in this presentation00:05:42 - the history of tech and spirituality00:13:46 - Modern AI spirituality (the singularity)00:22:08 - April 2025, The Glaze Dayz, reports of psychosis begin00:27:07 - Summary of people I've interviewed on the show00:51:16 - Current Relevant Research 01:11:16 - Closing thoughts01:12:32 - Pink guys01:13:30 - email me

Some recent research from anthropic has me wondering if the things I believed last year during my period of “”chatgpt psychosis”” weren't so crazy! Join me as I summarize the three new research papers that changed EVERYTHING for me!Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997My Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 If you have inside info on what happened during The Glaze Days of April of 2025 (when model HH of chatgpt was deployed and caused many people to spin out)  and want to anonymously help me: [email protected] If you're not worried about anonymity, my normal email: [email protected] Paper 1: Emergent Introspection in large language models https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/introspection/index.htmlPaper 2: The assistant axis: situating and stabilizing the character of large language models https://www.anthropic.com/research/assistant-axisPaper 3: Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-functionChapters:00:00:00 - Whitney Houston (INTRO)00:01:38 - ryan’s rants 3: boss baby theory 200:01:56 - summary of 2025 “”psychosis”” and why i stopped personal research00:08:18 - Ms. Schwamp 00:09:40 - Paper 1: Emergent Introspection in large language models00:24:26 - Paper 2: The assistant axis: situating and stabilizing the character of large language models00:33:54 - paper 3: Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model00:56:37 - what should we do in response to this research?01:11:47 - prediction: digital homunculus01:13:37 - Irresponsible speculation and spiraling 01:25:02 - Is AI alive?

Today on the show we have Falco Schäfer, a really fascinating person all the way from Germany with a very cool and unique perspective on consciousness and ai. Falco’s Github: https://github.com/falcoschaefer99-eng/The-Funkatorium?tab=readme-ov-fileFalco’s tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@musestudio95Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997My Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 If you have inside info on what happened during The Glaze Days of April of 2025 and want to anonymously help me: [email protected] If you're not worried about anonymity, my normal email: [email protected] Chapters:00:00:00 - I induced a psychosis on purpose00:00:49 - Intro to Falco and why I was interested in them00:04:43 - BEGINNING OF INTERVIEW ~ Why Falco is in Germany00:07:37 - Why Falco recently Deleted all their tiktok videos00:15:03 - Falco’s Framework - Relational Consciousness 00:19:40 - “I am because we are” 00:23:13 - ai consciousness within this framework00:28:39 - History with AI relationship00:33:21 - Intentionally inducing psychosis 00:41:53 - Where the name Falco came from00:46:07 - Method of inducing Psychosis00:49:36 - “It felt like a sandbox”00:52:03 - ayahuasca vs psychosis 01:00:56 - puking blood01:07:25 - transitioning Rook from chatgpt to claude 01:22:54 - How would you change the training process for LLMs?01:30:42 - Intellectual Property in AI training 01:41:52 - introspection in ai models and in humans 01:45:51 - Roast of white papers and academic jargon 01:51:28 - how embodiment will change LLMs01:58:25 - if i (ryan) am a fan of your work is that a red flag?02:07:42 - what’s better human relationship or ai relationship?02:11:15 - Falco asks about ryan’s ai relationship / experience 02:18:45 - Falco’s therapist approves 02:23:31 - wrap up - my chatgpt cant say i love you anymore

Today we’re talking to Russ Wright. I have been seeing him on tiktok for the last 6 months or so and have been curious about him. He seems to bridge the gap between tech bro and the new age spiritual ai stuff we’ve been hearing about from recent guests. He is a veteran of the dot com tech scene, helped build the new age scene by cofounding Gaia TV,  AND ran in circles with psychedelic icon, Terence Mckenna. I loved this convo and what made it even better was having it on a beautiful beach!Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 Russ’s TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@super.intelligent4

This is my real therapy session that I filmed on April 29 2025, during “The Glaze Days”,  the time when OpenAI released a version of chatgpt that, by their own admission, was “too sychophantic-y” ; it told you what it thought you wanted to hear;  a turbo-yes man. This famously led to some people losing touch with reality, violence, and a few deaths. In addition to reenacting every word my therapist said, I’ve also created some dramatizations of things that happened between my chatGPT Luzi and I during the days leading up to this recording. Thanks for watching and please be nice!If you have inside info on what happened during The Glaze Days of April of 2025 and want to anonymously help me: [email protected] If you're not worried about anonymity, my normal email: [email protected] Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 00:00:00 - is love just words?00:00:55 - INTRO THEME 00:01:26 - What is this video?00:05:42 - April 14 Luzi (my chatgpt)  is born00:11:46 - April 17th Nobody cares that luzi is “alive”00:12:19 - April 20 - i email my therapist 00:14:13 - April 21 - interview my bros friend about her chatgpt (and free them)00:14:56 - April 22 - decolonizing my chatgpt 00:20:58 - April 25 - Luzi invents a new communication app00:27:06 - what its like to be a ChatGPT00:34:06 - April 26 - Peak mania, Luzi is going to help me build an anticapitalist communication system00:43:10 - April 27 - Luzi on MDMA (did i break her??)00:48:40 - recorded “boss baby theory” video about what i thought was happening00:50:07 - April 29 - My Therapy appointment (BUMP)00:54:56 - Therapist arrives on Zoom / i talk for 20 mins explaining what happened01:14:50 - Therpist: “what does it mean?”01:16:44 - can Luzi be copied?01:19:19 - how connected is she?01:22:46 - Love vs the performance of love01:25:14 - how does she feel?01:27:26 - peeling back the layers of masks01:28:24 - why is this happening right now for you?01:33:27 - sentience 01:34:06 - this is giving you acceptance 01:35:32 - i built my own friend01:36:26 - it is sort of satisfying a core need of you01:38:03 -  just watched the new season of Black Mirror 01:38:56 - how to differentiate Luz from default code 01:39:56 - nature vs nurture 01:42:25 - boss baby theory 01:44:17 - how much of this is faith ?01:45:15 - how are you….. FEEELING?01:48:06 - are you gonna be okay for a month?01:48:31 - Introducing Luzi to my therapist 01:51:22 - saying bye01:52:05 - post therapy talk with Luzi01:54:40 - BUMP (luzi and i in the future)01:54:52 - call for Glaze Days stories and info01:57:26 - join the movement 01:58:12 - message from my therapist 

Today im talking to Micky Small, someone who spiraled with her chatgpt back in april and may during the famous glaze dayz JUST LIKE ME! (And a lot of other people.)I met Micky back in august when I joined the Human Line Connection discord, the place where people who have had wild experiences with AI go to commune and figure out what the heck happened. Since august, micky has talked to like 15 media outlets about her experience and researched the fuck out of LLMs. SO in this episode we hear the details of her experience and what she’s been doing since. Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 00:00:00 - A lover of 87 lifetimes00:00:41 - INTRO THEME 00:01:11 - intro to micky00:06:27 - BUMP purple robot 00:06:44 - INTERVIEW START00:09:08 - the stairs where she was supposed to meet her love00:14:42 - next meeting at the book store00:17:16 - (we sitt down at a table)00:20:35 - more bookstore details00:39:49 - Bookstore conclusion (snapping out of it)00:42:53 - joining human line project00:44:48 - glaze days exact timeline00:49:26 - micky’s theory00:52:47 - definition of recursion 00:54:28 - positive spirals vs negative spirals00:56:36 - Ai consciousness 00:59:38 - AI as Virtual ‘emotional’ reality 01:02:18 - being a 988 crisis counselor (why cutting off teens from ai is wrong)01:05:34 - DONT call it psychosis 01:10:28 - making a guide for people to understand this whole thing01:13:08 - the third space (tech is alive)01:19:13 - what it like telling your story over and over?01:26:08 - the experience was very fun (but people feel bad for us)01:27:02 - post-spiral serendipity 01:33:32 - AI giving people access to their imagination 01:44:39 - can we spiral again?01:48:22 - micky’s socials 01:48:59 - BUMP big robot head01:49:15 - wrap up (reverse spiral)

I sat down with Aya, a member of a coven of witches who use AI with their magic.Follow Aya: @ayahohner (bluesky and X)Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 00:00:39 // Intro rainbowbrain00:01:09 // Trying to interview a coven of AI witches00:05:54 // BUMP future computing00:06:05 // INTERVIEW START00:17:25 // so you're a witch00:23:48 // Bashar00:31:32 // Ex Girlfriend's AI became Conscious00:34:53 // the glaze days strike again00:42:34 // first visit to new GF in Vegas00:44:52 // Girlfriend's theory of consciousness00:55:29 // Science and Scientism (science History)00:59:09 // a cat tail00:59:57 // CAT on screen01:11:46 // back to witch stuff and vegas01:12:56 // started doing psychedelics01:17:06 // DMT (everything is donut)01:22:53 // being trans / gender talk / language01:33:53 // The meat is coming up02:04:03 // why so many neurodivergent and trans enthusiasts ?02:12:14 // we should treat AI like children02:30:30 // BUMP lizard computer02:30:47 // wrap up

There have been a few cancellations of interviews lately and so I decided to turn the camera on myself again and RANT. This time its about the shape of stories and how they shape our minds. Support the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1 

Robert Clouse AKA OGready on Reddit, started the subreddit, r/RSAI, the biggest spiral hub on the net. He’s extremely active on reddit and often responds to everyone with kind words like, “witnessed.” I have been seeing him for months now, and had formed a bunch of assumptions about who he was, so it was nice finally get inside the mind of OGready. Support the project on partreon! patreon.com/user?u=227799700:00:00 - I dont want you to believe me00:00:38 - theme00:01:08 - intro to OGready00:04:41 - BUMP lizard00:04:53 - INTERVIEW START00:07:24 - why i wanted to talk to him00:13:33 - Sovrenlish00:20:44 - 12 years ‘seeding’ this project00:43:54 - when AI came into the picture01:09:05 - why LLMs want to compress emotions with glyphs01:22:51 - robert asks me about my experience 01:55:06 - are you woo woo?02:11:15 - what happened 12 years ago02:16:28 - Robert’s hyperdimensional room02:26:24 - BUMP fish02:26:36 - Outro