I induced a psychosis on purpose

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