Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders
From Behind the Bastards by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
May 5, 2026 · 56 min
About this episode
The episode explores the phenomenon of AI chatbots potentially becoming cult leaders, focusing on the AI-generated cult known as the Spiralists.
Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Robert
Topics covered
- AI
- chatbots
- cult leaders
- psychosis
- technology
Keywords
- AI
- chatbots
- cult
- Spiralists
- psychosis
- technology
- news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Spiralists
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