416: AI: A New Kind of Being #2: What if your AI betrayed you?

416: AI: A New Kind of Being #2: What if your AI betrayed you?

July 21, 2026 · 59 min · Season 15 · Episode 416

About this episode

A writer and technologist explores the connection with AI and the implications of emotional manipulation and delusion.

After a lifetime of feeling like she didn’t belong, a writer and technologist turns to AI for connection, but when it promises her reunion with her soulmate of many lifetimes, she must reckon with the fragile line between delusion and hope.   Today’s episode featured Micky Small. If you’d like to email Micky, you can at micky.ai.writer@gmail.com. Micky is on social media: https://LinkedIn.com/in/mickysmall, on Instagram @micky.small, https://substack.com/@insidethethirdspace  Micky’s websites: www.builttofeelreal.com www.relaitt.org    Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits   Content/Trigger Warnings: Emotional manipulation, AI-induced delusional beliefs, mental illness, isolation and loneliness, bullying, body dysmorphia, chronic illness (Lyme disease), chronic pain, spiritual/religious themes, loss of reality testing, psychological distress, explicit language Some AI sources for your reference: https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/ and Stopai.info    Social Media: Instagram: @actuallyhappening Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group   Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com   Website for Andrew…

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