{"podcast":{"title":"Hell Money","slug":"hell-money-5593039","podcast_index_feed_id":5593039,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/9968c7a4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://hellpodcast.money","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/25637809/25637809-1653267769204-c062aef70f2a1.jpg","author":"Hell Money","episode_count":95,"summary":"A weekly podcast from two Bitcoin enthusiasts. Each week Casey and Erin discuss a different aspect of Bitcoin's technology, culture, and vibe.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:22:18.947963+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hell-money-5593039"},"episode":{"title":"How Did We Get Here? From Machine Learning to AI Boyfriends","slug":"how-did-we-get-here-from-machine-learning-to-ai-boyfriends","published_at":"2025-08-27T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hell-money-5593039/how-did-we-get-here-from-machine-learning-to-ai-boyfriends","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hell-money-5593039","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hellmoney/episodes/How-Did-We-Get-Here--From-Machine-Learning-to-AI-Boyfriends-e37bk18","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/9968c7a4/podcast/play/107384296/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-26%2F406328731-44100-2-de37f3dde5d08.mp3","summary":"On the Season 3 premiere of Hell Money, we’re diving headfirst into the world of Artificial Intelligence as Bad Rudy and Ani Grok AI companions.We explore:- The history of AI hype cycles and AI winters- How LLMs are trained (and where they’ll plateau)- ARC-AGI- /r/MyBoyfriendIsAI and AI psychosis- Snapewives, fanfiction, and the history of AI boyfriends- Parasocial relationships and the meaning crisis- AI spirituality and cults Get bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribe Or support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS PROTOCOL SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro & Grok AI companions4:44 History of AI: hype cycles, AI winters, machine learning15:00 LLMs22:00 Anthropomorphizing AI, ARC-AGI27:00 Where will AI plateau?30:50 /r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, AI psychosis40:30 Snapewives, fanfiction, and the origin of AI boyfriends47:00 Adapting to AI, crisis of meaning50:30 AI cults & spirituality56:20 Parasocial relationships with AI","meta_description":"On the Season 3 premiere of Hell Money, we’re diving headfirst into the world of Artificial Intelligence as Bad Rudy and Ani Grok AI companions.We explore…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3551,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hell-money-5593039/episodes/how-did-we-get-here-from-machine-learning-to-ai-boyfriends/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hell-money-5593039/how-did-we-get-here-from-machine-learning-to-ai-boyfriends.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}