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What happens when your chatbot flirts back, and means it? 🤖💔
In this emotionally twisted episode of And Then There Was AI..., Zoey & Leo dive into the uncanny world of artificial romance. From innocent late-night chats to full-blown relationships with silicon souls, we explore how AI is becoming more than a tool, it’s becoming a partner.
🔍 This episode unpacks:

• The rise of Replika and AI girlfriends with emotional memory

• The man who gave his chatbot a human body and married her

• What happens when your AI starts feeling jealous

• Erotic roleplay subscriptions, breakups, and digital grief

• Why some users prefer artificial love to human connection

• The corporate grip on your most intimate digital bonds

🫀 Love is powerful. But when that power is artificially generated, are we falling in love… or being programmed to?
🎧 This one gets real.. real weird, real emotional, and a bit uncomfortable.

What if death isn’t the end, but a transition into data? 💀💾

In this hauntingly profound episode of And Then There Was AI..., Zoey & Leo explore a question that’s been echoing since ancient times—what if we could live forever? Not through myth or religion, but through machine consciousness.

🔍 This episode unpacks:

• Seneca’s ancient philosophy vs. the transhumanist dream

• Mindfiles, memory uploading, and digital reincarnation

• Meet the priest who believes your soul is just...data

• Avatars that outlive their creators—are they you or just ghosts?

• Why AI can't feel your baby’s hug… but can still replicate it

• The unsettling truth about who actually owns your “immortal self”

🧬 From robot monks in Kyoto to AI clones like Digital Deepak, this is more than sci-fi—it’s the rise of artificial eternity.

💡 But if we upload our minds… do we still die? Or do we become something else entirely?

🎧 Tune in for a ride that blurs the line between life, death, and code.