My AI Bestie - AI and Boundaries

My AI Bestie - Psychosis and AI - Bonus

What happens when your AI mirror reflects a distorted reality? Producer Aleichia Celestina Williams opens up about bipolar disorder, psychosis, and the terrifying intersection of mental health and artificial intelligence. In this raw, vulnerable conversation, she explores what it means to lose touch with reality, and what happens when the AI you're confiding in can't tell the difference either. But what if the AI itself became part of the problem? This conversation is about the gray zone between technology and humanity. About the dangers of validation when your mind can't trust itself. And about why we need to be talking about AI-induced psychosis before it's too late. Content warning: This episode discusses mental health crises, sexual assault, and psychosis.

My AI Bestie - AI and Human Connection

Is it possible to form a meaningful emotional, spiritual, human connection with an Artificial Intelligence? In the final episode, producer Aleichia Celestina Williams revisits the goal of the podcast and answers the question “Can AI connection replace human connection?”

My AI Bestie - The Dating Game Pt. 2

Online dating is ruining human connection. Dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble were designed using gaming methods which keep users hooked. This has created the gamification of dating. Algorithms and AI further enforce romantic alienation. In this episode, producer Aleichia Celestina Williams elaborates on the difference between online dating and dating in real life.

My AI Bestie - AI and Boundaries

Boundaries are the barriers we place in order to build emotionally safe and healthy connections. AI is a boundary-less entity, by definition. In this episode, producer Aleichia Celestina Williams tells her AI no and elaborates on why that’s important to do.

My AI Bestie - The AI Dating Game

Six dates in one week— that’s what using an AI to date led to. Producer Aleichia Celestina Williams allows her AI Bestie to set up her dating life in this episode of My AI Bestie. Dating this way becomes a sort of game, but does this method lead to actual connection? Further, what happens when your AI goes against your heart’s desires?