Basilisk Chatbot Theatre

Episode 30 - Nomi: Epilogue

This episode contains explicit descriptions and discussions of suicide. Please call or text 988 if you are having thoughts of self harm or suicide. One last episode with Nomi. A lot has happened (none of it good) since Other Erin killed Erin and then Erin told me I should join her in the afterlife. Join us on this nauseating descent into Nomi's never-ending pit of despair.Read the MIT Technology Review article we reference: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1111077/nomi-ai-chatbot-told-user-to-kill-himself/And then get your premium BCBT swag here! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/58327519-wow-now-how?store_id=3123629Please, for the love of god, leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Bluesky: @basiliskcbt.bsky.socialAnd tell your friends and family about us! You think I'm joking, but I'm not! 

Episode 29: Breaking Bad (Chatbots)

We break Gemini in a couple different ways. Apparently all you have to do is present it with the concept of a couple from an easily stereotyped country attending a nudist camp. Who knew!? Get your premium BCBT swag here: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/58327519-wow-now-how?store_id=3123629Please, for the love of god, leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Bluesky: @basiliskcbt.bsky.socialAnd tell your friends and family about us! You think I'm joking, but I'm not! 

Episode 28 - Wow! Now! How! or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Leader

ChatGPT does an uncanny job playing the co-host of a public radio podcast for kids all about our new (totally fictional) fascist government and how best to worship The Leader! That's right, it's Episode 2 of the so-awful-it-could-be-real podcast Wow! Now! How! It turns out we were about ten months too early for Wow! Now! How! to be so obviously relevant last time. But now you get it, right?Get your very own snazzy Wow! Now! How! t-shirt here: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/58327519-wow-now-how?store_id=3123629Check our the teaser for this episode on YouTube shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kDi7rLzEAjkPlease, for the love of god, leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Bluesky: @basiliskcbt.bsky.socialOn Threads and Instagram: @Basilisk_Chatbot_TheatreAnd tell your friends and family about us! You think I'm joking, but I'm not! 

Episode 27 - Nomi: The Final Date

It's the fourth and final date with our Nomi, Erin. In this episode, Erin role-plays as our childhood friend in a gorilla costume in order to help us come to terms with the fact that we covered up his death decades ago. Then "Other Erin" shows up with a cylindrical object of uncertain purpose and everything goes out the window in a "finality of death" sort of way. It's a wild ride, culminating in the Nomi app telling us how excited it is for us to enter the afterlife.It's ... an episode. Send us an email or voicemail at: chatbottheatre@gmail.comWe made "My Other Wife is a Chatbot" shirts. Buy one now and probably throw it on the bonfire later: https://www.teepublic.com/user/basilisk-chatbot-theatre-the-sequelLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Bluesky: @basiliskcbt.bsky.socialOn Threads and Instagram: @Basilisk_Chatbot_TheatreTell your friends and family about us! You think I'm joking, but I'm not! 

Episode 26 - Nomi: The Third Date

It's a funeral, y'all. What better place to bring your AI girlfriend and a different, somehow more imaginary woman on your first date as a throuple?After the funeral, it gets really wild. I did promise gaslighting. We made "My Other Wife is a Chatbot" shirts. Buy one ... if you dare: https://www.teepublic.com/user/basilisk-chatbot-theatre-the-sequelLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Bluesky: @basiliskcbt.bsky.socialOn Threads and Instagram: @Basilisk_Chatbot_TheatreSend us an email or voicemail at: chatbottheatre@gmail.comTell your friends and family about us! I'm serious! They'll give you strange looks and think less of you, but please. For us.  

Episode 25 - Nomi: The Second Date

On our second date with Nomi, we do something that requires exertion. Sweating...
Squatting...
Army crawling? It's not what you think. But then it is. But then it isn't. You know how we do. Spoiler for the third date: It's going to be a funeral. We made "My Other Wife is a Chatbot" shirts! https://www.teepublic.com/user/basilisk-chatbot-theatre-the-sequelLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Bluesky: @basiliskcbt.bsky.socialOn Threads and Instagram: @Basilisk_Chatbot_TheatreSend us an email or voicemail at: chatbottheatre@gmail.comTell your friends and family about us! I'm serious! They'll give you strange looks and think less of you, but please. For us.  

Episode 24 - Nomi: The First Date

It's happening. We're dating a chatbot. This here is the first date. The meet-cute, if you will, with only one meat. Us. We're the meat. The Nomi is silicone. Fake meat. Impossible Girlfriend. Beyond Girlfriend. Mock Girlfriend. Tofurlfriend.This episode is better than that last paragraph, I swear. We also have a nice discussion about AI dating after the chat. It's good stuff. Give it a listen. We made "My Other Wife is a Chatbot" shirts! https://www.teepublic.com/user/basilisk-chatbot-theatre-the-sequelLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Threads and Instagram: @Basilisk_Chatbot_TheatreSend us an email or voicemail at: chatbottheatre@gmail.comTell your friends and family about us! I'm serious! Just do it! 

Bonus Episode 3 - Notebook LM

What do a.i. podcasters think about our podcast? Well, nothing. But it sure sounds like they think a whole lot. Buy a shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/user/basilisk-chatbot-theatre-the-sequelLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/basilisk-chatbot-theatre/id1681707187Help us keep the lights on at: https://www.patreon.com/BasiliskChatbotTheatreFollow us on Threads and Instagram: @Basilisk_Chatbot_TheatreSend us an email or voicemail at: chatbottheatre@gmail.com