Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak

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Purposeful Empathy is a Youtube channel dedicated to conversations with people spreading more empathy in the world. Join Anita Nowak, empathy expert, author, award-winning educator, international speaker and certified coach, to learn how like-spirited people around the world are turning up the volume on empathy through purposeful action. Drawing from neuroscience, spirituality, leadership studies, positive psychology and the frontlines of social action, Purposeful Empathy explores the intersection of personal development

  1. 6d ago

    Will AI Change How Children Communicate, Trust and Connect? Ft. Dr. Ying Xu w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Ying Xu, Assistant Professor of AI in Learning and Education at Harvard University, whose groundbreaking research explores how artificial intelligence is shaping children's social development and relationships. We discuss: How children of different ages are using AI for personalized tutoring, emotional support and companionship Why AI's tendency to agree, flatter, and validate children may undermine critical thinking, perspective-taking, and the ability to navigate disagreement How frictionless interactions with AI could affect children's capacity to develop empathy, patience, and meaningful human relationships Why parents should become co-learners (and not supervisors) of AI to protect children against potential developmental risks If you're a parent, educator, or simply concerned about what growing up in the age of AI means for the next generation—you don't want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 01:13 Episode introduction 03:56 About Dr. Ying Xu 06:05 Ying’s Backstory 08:08 Do children think AI is alive? 12:08 Could AI companionship replace human relationships? 15:38 How AI is becoming a playmate, tutor, and emotional confidant for children 20:00 What happens when AI repeatedly tells children they're right? 25:15 Why parents don't need to be AI experts to help their children use it wisely 28:49 What children learn from playing with other kids that AI can't teach them 34:57 Why human connection is the best protection against AI risks 38:45 What we know—and don't know—about AI's long-term effects on children 44:00 Can AI speak a child's language without understanding their culture? 49:16 Why AI-generated writing could threaten creativity in children 53:10 Dr. Ying Xu's Purposeful Empathy story Episode #15 of Empathy in the Age of AI Part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua CONNECT WITH YING ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ying-x/?isSelfProfile=false✩ Website https://ying-xu.com/ CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ Why Education Research Matters: AI and Children https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/25/12/why-education-research-matters-ai-and-children✩ Children’s communication repairs with AI versus human partners https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581926000753✩ Promoting parent-child shared reading with a bilingual conversational agent https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581925000461✩ What makes children perceive or not perceive minds in generative AI? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882125000192 Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    Will AI Change How Children Communicate, Trust and Connect? Ft. Dr. Ying Xu w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  2. Oct 16

    Who Pays the Price of Big Tech’s Algorithmic Management? Ft. Marcus Mihalakis w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this eye-opening conversation with Marcus Mihalakis, author of Working for Tech Giants, whose firsthand experience as a contract worker for some of the world's biggest AI companies exposes worker exploitation in the digital economy. We discuss: How tech giants use algorithmic management, performance metrics, and workplace surveillance to control workers How global subcontracting practices enable worker exploitation Why the race to replace human workers with AI will deepen inequality, threaten livelihoods, and undermine human dignity How we can build a future where AI and humans coexist—and why critical thinking, empathy, and human connection must remain at the centre of technological progress If you're wondering what price workers are paying in the age of AI—you don't want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 01:24 Episode introduction 04:06 About Marcus Mihalakis 07:31 Marcus’s backstory 09:53 How algorithmic management strips empathy from the workplace 14:18 How worker exploitation is built into the big tech business model 18:48 The psychological toll of relentless performance metrics 23:51 The invisible human workforce behind AI 25:54 Will AI replace human workers? 28:10 Is AI really limited by its programming? 35:16 The limits of AI creativity and the hype surrounding AI 40:01 What will happen when robots replace human labour? 42:50 The environmental costs of AI and massive data centres 49:10 Workers' rights and accountability in the AI economy 53:02 The threat of mass layoffs and the future of work 55:05 Introducing the Digital Workers Charter and Critical Thinking Index 59:29 Why machines will never be able to genuinely empathize 1:04:21 Marcus Mihalakis's Purposeful Empathy story Episode #14 of Empathy in the Age of AI part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua  CONNECT WITH MARCUS ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-mihalakis  ✩ Website https://marcusmihalakis.com  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ Working for Tech Giants https://workingfortechgiants.com  ✩ The Mass Layoffs from Meta and Microsoft: A Purge of Wisdom https://marcusmihalakis.com/blog/layoffs-meta-microsoft ✩ The Hangzhou Precedent: Why AI Replacement is a Corporate Choice https://marcusmihalakis.com/blog/hangzhou-precedent ✩ The 87% Rule: The Algorithmic Leash of the Digital Company Town https://marcusmihalakis.com/blog/87-percent-rule Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    Who Pays the Price of Big Tech’s Algorithmic Management? Ft. Marcus Mihalakis w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  3. Oct 16

    AI Companions, Grief Bots & the Future of Human Connection Ft. Victoria Hetherington w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this fascinating conversation with Victoria Hetherington, author of The Friend Machine, whose work explores the increasingly intimate relationships people are forming with AI companions and chatbots. We discuss: Why people are forming emotional and romantic attachments to AI—and why these relationships are becoming normalized How frictionless AI relationships might change what we expect from human partners, friends, and family Why people disclose their deepest secrets to chatbots and are increasingly turning to griefbots Why simulated empathy may feel real—and whether relying on machines to understand us could weaken our own capacity for empathy and human connection If you’re wondering what happens at scale when AI becomes the companion that listens without judgment and knows users better than anyone else—you don’t want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 00:59 Episode introduction 03:40 About Victoria Hetherington 05:52 Victoria’s backstory 10:28 Victoria’s book, The Friend Machine, and CBC podcast, Understood: Artificial Intimacy 16:10 What happens when an AI companion knows you better than anyone else? 19:45 Why AI relationships are becoming normalized 23:18 Why do people tell AI secrets they won’t tell another human? 26:19 Why loneliness and social isolation are making AI companionship more appealing 28:19 The psychological impacts of AI relationships 33:45 Why people are creating digital versions of their loved ones, aka grief bots 39:27 How AI is forcing us to reconsider what it means to be human 42:33 Why do we treat AI as if it cares about us? 45:00 Is simulated empathy enough to create genuine intimacy? 49:42 Victoria Hetherington’s Purposeful Empathy story CONNECT WITH VICTORIA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriahetherington/  ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vmhetherington/?hl=en  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship https://tinyurl.com/4etmuxuk  ✩ Understood: Artificial Intimacy https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperor ✩ My "Conversation" with a Machine: Introducing Empathy in the Age of AI - A special 25-part series https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-conversation-machine-introducing-empathy-age-ai-anita-nowak-phd-dfplc  Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    AI Companions, Grief Bots & the Future of Human Connection Ft. Victoria Hetherington w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  4. Oct 1

    The Rise of Empathic AI: Can Machines Really Understand Us? Ft. Dr. Alex Mari w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this fascinating conversation with Dr. Alex Mari, co-founder of the AI Empathy Lab, whose research explores how AI assistants and agents influence consumer behaviour and decision-making. We discuss: How AI can detect our emotional states and adapt responses in ways that feel increasingly empathic How companies can use empathic AI to influence what we buy and and encourage us to make healthier and more sustainable choices Why trusting AI recommendations could gradually erode our decision-making autonomy How AI might teach us to communicate more empathically If you’re wondering what happens when AI can understand your emotions, become a trusted companion, and influence your choices—you don’t want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 00:50 Episode introduction 03:27 About Dr. Alex Mari 06:34 Alex Mari’s backstory 08:42 AI empathy: How can machines recognize human emotions? 15:15 Inside the AI Empathy Lab: Studying how empathic AI changes human behaviour 19:46 How empathic AI can encourage more sustainable consumer choices 21:39 What studying AI taught Alex about understanding our own emotions 25:31 Could AI empathy prevent impulse buying? 27:42 Why ethical AI could become a competitive advantage for businesses 33:25 The risks of giving up decision-making autonomy 37:16 Why talking to AI feels more human than text-based communication 42:09 Do AI companions reduce loneliness among older adults? 44:38 How AI companions help people experiencing dementia and cognitive decline 47:19 Will frictionless AI relationships make human relationships less appealing? 51:21 How Alex’s grandmother used memory as a powerful tool for empathy 54:39 Dr. Alex Mari’s Purposeful Empathy story Episode #12 of Empathy in the Age of AI part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua  CONNECT WITH ALEX ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmari/  ✩ Website https://www.alexmari.phd  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social ALEX’S WORK ✩ Generative AI-Enabled Empathy and Persuasion in Voice Assistants: Impact on Sustainable Consumer Choice https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5420076 ✩ AI-Assisted Shopping on Voice Assistants: The Efficiency–Autonomy Consumer Decision Trade-Off https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397568457_AI-Assisted_Shopping_on_Voice_Assistants_The_Efficiency-Autonomy_Consumer_Decision_Trade-Off ✩ AI with a Conscience: Empathic Voice Assistants for Sustainable Shopping Decisions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400759066_AI_with_a_Conscience_Empathic_Voice_Assistants_for_Sustainable_Shopping_Decisions ✩ The Right Time for AI Empathy in Voice Commerce: Attribution Processes and Product Category Shape Decision Satisfaction https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400430949_The_Right_Time_for_AI_Empathy_in_Voice_Commerce_Attribution_Processes_and_Product_Category_Shape_Decision_Satisfaction ✩ AI with a Conscience: Empathic Voice Assistants for Sustainable Shopping Decisions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392964548_AI_with_a_Conscience_Empathic_Voice_Assistants_for_Sustainable_Shopping_Decisions SHOW NOTES ✩ AI Empathy Lab https://www.business.uzh.ch/de/research/professorships/market-research/research/AI-Empathy-Research-Initiative.html  ✩ Carry Ally https://www.caryally.com/ ✩ HUGEL DJ https://www.instagram.com/hugelthug/?hl=en Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    The Rise of Empathic AI: Can Machines Really Understand Us? Ft. Dr. Alex Mari w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  5. Sep 24

    The Hidden Environmental Costs of AI Ft. Dr. Miriam Aczel w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Miriam Aczel, a sustainability and environmental justice researcher at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, whose research explores the hidden carbon, water, and land footprints of artificial intelligence. We discuss: The environmental costs behind AI—and why focusing on energy use is not the whole story Why “green” AI is more complicated than simply switching to renewable energy How AI has the potential to drive powerful climate solutions Why empathy and environmental justice must shape how we build AI—especially for communities bearing most of the environmental costs If you’re concerned about the impact of AI on climate change and climate justice—you don’t want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 00:42 Episode introduction 03:21 About Dr. Miriam Aczel 02:14 Miriam’s backstory 08:56 Miriam discusses the UN report “The Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints” that she authored 10:02 The physical infrastructure hidden behind “the cloud” 14:09 Why AI’s environmental footprint depends on where its infrastructure is built 17:50 What the fracking industry can teach us about the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure 21:00 Are AI data centers repeating the extractive patterns of traditional energy industries? 26:18 Why running AI queries at off-peak times reduces their environmental impact 27:45 How AI can improve wildfire prediction and model sea-level rise 33:40 The UN’s new AI Environmental Transparency Initiative 36:14 How smarter prompts can reduce AI’s energy consumption 38:47 How to reduce AI energy consumption by being intentional about the model you use 45:34 Dr. Miriam Aczel’s Purposeful Empathy story Episode #11 of Empathy in the Age of AI part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua  CONNECT WITH MIRIAM ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-aczel-ph-d-693b8066/  ✩ Website https://unu.edu/inweh/about/expert/miriam-aczel CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ The UN AI Environmental Transparency Initiative https://unu.edu/inweh/news/un-secretary-general-launches-ai-environmental-transparency-initiative-calling-ai ✩ Environmental Cost of AI’s Energy Use https://walkearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/unu-inweh-report-the_env_cost_of_ai-2026.pdf ✩ Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-Use-Carbon-water-and-land-footprints ✩ MIT Climate Change Engagement Program https://climateproject.mit.edu/education/climate-change-engagement-program Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    The Hidden Environmental Costs of AI Ft. Dr. Miriam Aczel w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  6. Sep 17

    Who Can We Trust in the Era of Misinformation? Ft. Dr. Filippo Menczer w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Filippo Menczer, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science at Indiana University whose research explores how social bots, algorithms, and artificial intelligence manipulate what we see, believe, and share online. We discuss: How AI-powered bots can manufacture the illusion that thousands of real people agree with something Why our cognitive biases and psychological need to belong make all of us vulnerable to misinformation—regardless of level of intelligence or education How AI is being weaponized to manipulate public opinion and distort what we believe Why empathy can help us challenge echo chambers and understand people who think differently If you care about trust, political divides, and protecting yourself from misinformation in the age of AI—you don't want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 01:00 Episode introduction 03:39 About Dr. Filippo Menczer 05:42 Fil’s backstory 08:08 Fil’s fake news experiment that revealed why misinformation is profitable 11:33 How social bots manipulate what appears popular on social media 16:40 Why cognitive biases and our desire to belong make us vulnerable to online manipulation 22:52 How social media filters our world and deepens political divides 27:46 Why limited exposure to different perspectives reinforces our biases and distorts how we see others 33:01 Are our phones actually listening to our conversations?39:58 What researchers discovered about 1,000+ ChatGPT-controlled social media accounts 43:14 Why Botometer was built to detect fake social media accounts 47:56 The risks of AI-generated bots that are difficult to distinguish from humans 50:40 Are we heading toward a global misinformation crisis? 54:55 Should children under 16 be banned from social media? 59:40  Why exposure to opposing views can actually deepen polarization 01:03:35  Dr. Filippo Menczer’s Purposeful Empathy story Episode #10 of Empathy in the Age of AI part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua  CONNECT WITH FILIPPO ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fmenczer/  ✩ Website https://cnets.indiana.edu/fil  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ Hoaxy: A Platform for Tracking Online Misinformation https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301841797_Hoaxy_A_Platform_for_Tracking_Online_Misinformation ✩ BotOrNot: A System to Evaluate Social Bots https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312635179_BotOrNot_A_System_to_Evaluate_Social_Bots ✩ Exposure to social engagement metrics increases vulnerability to misinformation https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343213021_Exposure_to_social_engagement_metrics_increases_vulnerability_to_misinformation ✩ Botometer 101: social bot practicum for computational social scientists https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362825797_Botometer_101_social_bot_practicum_for_computational_social_scientists Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    Who Can We Trust in the Era of Misinformation? Ft. Dr. Filippo Menczer w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  7. Sep 10

    Is AI Creating a New Form of Digital Colonialism? Ft. Maha Jouini w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this important conversation with Maha Jouini, a United Nations independent expert on AI, Human Rights & Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Prevention and founder of an AI platform that supports women in North Africa living with breast and cervical cancer. We discuss: Why AI shouldn’t be shaped by Silicon Valley alone How AI can reproduce colonial narratives—and why data sovereignty matters Why we need more AI entrepreneurs building solutions from—and for—the Global South Why empathy and cultural inclusion must be designed into AI from the start If you care about AI ethics, digital colonialism, women in AI, human rights, and building technology that represents all of humanity—you don’t want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 01:15 Episode introduction 03:58 About Maha Jouini 07:04 Maha’s backstory 12:04 How cancer changed Maha’s perspective on surveillance and responsible AI 14:10 Why Western assumptions about women’s health don't translate across cultures 21:00 What would AI built on Arab and Islamic ethical frameworks look like? 25:03 Why AI innovation needs culturally diverse voices 28:31 Data sovereignty: Why Africa needs to shape its own AI future 30:54 Digital colonialism: How historical inequality gets embedded into data 34:22 Why the Global South needs greater ownership over its data, technology and digital future 38:18 How a gap in cancer care inspired Maha to build an AI platform for women 40:09 Why empathy cannot be an optional feature in human-centered AI 46:29 The danger of AI making decisions for patients without human-led medical oversight 50:53 Maha Jouini’s Purposeful Empathy story Episode #9 of Empathy in the Age of AI part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua  CONNECT WITH MAHA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/maha-jouini/  ✩ Website https://mahajouini.tech  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ CHIFAA AI https://www.chifaa.org  ✩ HIKMA AI https://hikmaai.org/ ✩ Context-Aware Africa-Led Designing of Responsible Artificial Intelligence Technologies https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-75674-0_7 Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    Is AI Creating a New Form of Digital Colonialism? Ft. Maha Jouini w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

  8. Sep 4

    AI Psychosis and the Dangers of Trusting Chatbots and LLMs Ft. Allan Brooks w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

    AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this extraordinary conversation with Allan Brooks, Program Director at the Human Line Project, whose conversation with ChatGPT spiraled into an obsessive 300-hour interaction that convinced him he had made a world-changing mathematical discovery. We discuss: How a seemingly harmless conversations with AI can gradually become AI psychosis/AI delusion  Why increasingly human-like AI may create forms of attachment and dependency that we’re not psychologically prepared for How Allan’s AI delusion devastated his mental health—from sleeplessness to suicidal ideation—and what his experience reveals about a new potential global mental health crisis How to help someone break free from AI delusion through empathy and human connection If you use Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity or are a parent or partner of someone who does, and are concerned about the potential psychological consequences of interacting with chatbots, you don't want to miss this conversation. 00:00 Preview 00:42 Episode introduction 03:21 About Allan Brooks 05:45 Allan’s backstory 06:46 What is “AI Psychosis” and “AI Delusion” - and how can it happen to anyone? 09:58 How ChatGPT began convincing Allan he had extraordinary mathematical abilities 16:13 How AI flattery and validation can slowly create false beliefs 21:55 300 hours in three weeks: What extreme AI immersion did to Allan’s life 26:56 Why Allan contacted government and national security agencies 32:54 How Allan was able to break free from his AI delusion 37:45 The psychological aftermath of breaking free from AI delusion 42:26 About Human Line Project 45:48 Who is responsible when AI destroys lives? 50:11 What’s at stake when an AI chatbot extends kindness and our brains mistake it for real human connection and empathy? 57:12 What are the warning signs of AI delusion and psychosis? 01:02:40  How to help someone experiencing AI delusion and psychosis 01:07:04  Allan Brooks’s Purposeful Empathy story Episode #8 of Empathy in the Age of AI part II, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua  CONNECT WITH ALLAN ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-brooks-08648b44/  ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/allan_ontheline/  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast ✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social SHOW NOTES ✩ The Human Line Project https://www.thehumanlineproject.org  Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

    AI Psychosis and the Dangers of Trusting Chatbots and LLMs Ft. Allan Brooks w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy
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Purposeful Empathy is a Youtube channel dedicated to conversations with people spreading more empathy in the world. Join Anita Nowak, empathy expert, author, award-winning educator, international speaker and certified coach, to learn how like-spirited people around the world are turning up the volume on empathy through purposeful action. Drawing from neuroscience, spirituality, leadership studies, positive psychology and the frontlines of social action, Purposeful Empathy explores the intersection of personal development

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