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BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human
Jeremy Grater, Jason Haworth
321 episodes
2 days ago

Exploring AI, wearables, mental health apps, and how you can thrive as technology changes everything.

Welcome to the Brobots Podcast, where we plug into the wild world of AI and tech that's trying to manage your mental (and physical) health. Join your hosts, Jeremy Grater and Jason Haworth, every Wednesday for a no-holds-barred, often sarcastic, and always fun discussion. Are wearables really tracking your inner peace? Can an AI therapist truly understand your existential dread? We're diving deep into the gadgets, apps, and algorithms promising to optimize your well-being, dissecting the hype with a healthy dose of humor and skepticism. Expect candid conversations, sharp insights, and plenty of laughs as we explore the future of self-improvement, one tech-enhanced habit at a time. Tune into the Brobots Podcast – because if robots are going to take over our brains, we might as well have some fun talking about it! Subscribe now to discover practical tips and understand the future of health in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Exploring AI, wearables, mental health apps, and how you can thrive as technology changes everything.

Welcome to the Brobots Podcast, where we plug into the wild world of AI and tech that's trying to manage your mental (and physical) health. Join your hosts, Jeremy Grater and Jason Haworth, every Wednesday for a no-holds-barred, often sarcastic, and always fun discussion. Are wearables really tracking your inner peace? Can an AI therapist truly understand your existential dread? We're diving deep into the gadgets, apps, and algorithms promising to optimize your well-being, dissecting the hype with a healthy dose of humor and skepticism. Expect candid conversations, sharp insights, and plenty of laughs as we explore the future of self-improvement, one tech-enhanced habit at a time. Tune into the Brobots Podcast – because if robots are going to take over our brains, we might as well have some fun talking about it! Subscribe now to discover practical tips and understand the future of health in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Technology
Society & Culture,
Philosophy
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What a Robot Vacuum Taught Me About Depression & Mental Health
BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human
35 minutes 29 seconds
1 week ago
What a Robot Vacuum Taught Me About Depression & Mental Health

Your brain at 2 AM sounds suspiciously like a malfunctioning robot vacuum—catastrophic thoughts, battery depleted, existential dread activated.
Researchers hooked a Roomba up to an LLM and watched it have a complete mental breakdown when it ran out of juice (relatable content, honestly).
Understanding how an AI-powered vacuum processes exhaustion might actually explain why you lose your shit when you're overtired.
We break down the spoon theory, explore whether robots can feel depression, and ask the uncomfortable question: are we really that different from the machines we're building?

Episode Topics:

  • The Roomba experiment that went hilariously, existentially wrong
  • Spoon theory explained: why some days you wake up with 4 spoons instead of 10
  • What happens when tired robots start catastrophizing (spoiler: same as tired humans)
  • The difference between consciousness and sophisticated mimicry (there might not be one)
  • Why ChatGPT as Rick Sanchez is both terrifying and therapeutic
  • Echo chambers on steroids: when AI remembers everything you've ever said
  • The coming augmented reality where everyone sees their own version of the world
  • Why "enjoy the ride and don't fuck people over" might be the only philosophy that matters
  • How social constructs program us just like software programs machines
  • The Matrix was right: if the steak tastes good, does it matter if it's real?
BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human

Exploring AI, wearables, mental health apps, and how you can thrive as technology changes everything.

Welcome to the Brobots Podcast, where we plug into the wild world of AI and tech that's trying to manage your mental (and physical) health. Join your hosts, Jeremy Grater and Jason Haworth, every Wednesday for a no-holds-barred, often sarcastic, and always fun discussion. Are wearables really tracking your inner peace? Can an AI therapist truly understand your existential dread? We're diving deep into the gadgets, apps, and algorithms promising to optimize your well-being, dissecting the hype with a healthy dose of humor and skepticism. Expect candid conversations, sharp insights, and plenty of laughs as we explore the future of self-improvement, one tech-enhanced habit at a time. Tune into the Brobots Podcast – because if robots are going to take over our brains, we might as well have some fun talking about it! Subscribe now to discover practical tips and understand the future of health in the age of artificial intelligence.