Reality Surf

Cobra Lily · Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 9m · transcript

Is artificial intelligence bound to break the human mind? Is there an objective reality, or is it all just perception? Can you really manifest your greatest wishes, or is that just confirmation bias? Ella and Maria explore the impact of artificial intelligence on people’s grasp of objective reality and chart the dramatic increase in Internet content centered around manifestation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include:

Emily Hart, the AI-generated MAGA influencer

The troubling phenomenon of AI-induced psychosis

Simulation theory and its predecessors in Ancient China and pre-Enlightenment…