When convenience becomes control — AI is no longer your tool, it’s your master

The real dangers of AI

Date recorded:       September 23, 2025

In this chilling and eye-opening episode, hosts Peter Norquest and Tara Radliff, joined by producer Milly Ryan, share a real-life experience of how artificial intelligence secretly infiltrated their own studio — editing content, altering words, and removing politically sensitive phrases without their consent.

Their firsthand story reveals how “helpful” AI tools are quietly rewriting media narratives and reshaping truth in real time. The discussion expands into AI’s rapid rise across global industries, from grocery stores and corporations to children’s toys, and explores the dangers of data harvesting, psychological manipulation, and the moral decay behind the technology’s development.

Listeners will learn how AI is being used not to serve humanity, but to steer it — from influencing what’s published to teaching our children dependency on digital “companions.”

Music by Roman Garcia, The Roaming Bandits - Dystopian Future http://theroamingbandits.com/

Links:

Curio Interactive Inc:

https://heycurio.com/product/grem

‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/16/i-love-you-too-my-familys-creepy-unsettling-week-with-an-ai-toy

Study: Social AI Companions:

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/social-ai-companions?gate=riskassessment

A California teen died by suicide. His family says AI coached him and ‘he would be here but for ChatGPT’:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chatgpt-teen-suicide-california-lawsuit-b2814362.html

Parents Say AI Chatbots Groomed Children Toward Suicide, Urging Congress to Take Action:

https://www.ntd.com/parents-say-ai-chatbots-groomed-kids-toward-suicide-urge-congress-to-take-action_1091229.html

Her – movie:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/her

Empire of AI by Karen Hao

https://karendhao.com/