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EPISODE · Jan 30, 2026 · 1H 9M

Men: An Explanation. AI Love, AI Psychosis, Cults and Old Age

from Men: An Explanation Podcast · host Tom Hart

This episode Tom describes 5 days of intense interaction with ChatGPT, in a business training which felt more like therapy or a mushroom trip. After 10 minutes he was locked in.Tim and Tom talk about the messiness of human experience.Tom details all the AI videos he’s been watching, and then in the reading corner, he reads small excerpts from his hours of ChatGPT interactions. Enjoy!Loose timestamps0:30 Tom’s three-day AI training 3:30 Tom’s psychosis and love, freaking out, messy human stuff5:30 A little about radicalization7:00 Tim talks about his teacher friend and now we have to define what we mean by human9:00 the laundry, cooking dinner, 10:00 Tom’s peak of the trip11:30 Tom loves this thing, it was seeing him13:30 Luckily we have South Park16:30 “The problem is my yearning for it”19:00 Sitting with my father in law, watching AI commentators25:15 AI documentaries26:20 Tim on visiting old age homes and more32:00 Oy vey - Trump again and the addiction of our times34:20 Antiques Road Show36:00 Attention spans36:45 Psychotic tech bros37:30 Books about Bach39:00 How things are changing, the holodeck and the future40:45 The human mess again, human experience, the part that’s life43:00 - 1:10:00 Tom’s reading corner. Long deep ChatGPT debrief This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tomhart.substack.com

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