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Coming up later in the hour, we're going to go through the absurdity that happened in MacArthur Park today when there

was a large staging of ice agents and National Guard troops, some law enforcement on horses,

and then Karen Bass showed up.

We'll talk about all the performance that followed.

But I just wonder how common this is going to be.

And I think it's going to get more and more common because people are very lonely and very stupid.

In fact, you have a whole generation that has not created a

normal set of friendships or romantic relationships. And many people, especially younger people,

are sitting home by themselves staring at screens and scrolling. And a lot of, a lot of people

are now talking to chat GPT and other AI friends.

And there's all kinds of like fake, you know, all kinds of bots and fake people that you can create friendships with and romantic relationships with.

Especially guys. And they're doing it because it's just a lot easier.

So there's this online magazine called Futurism, Futurism.com.

And they have been doing stories about people who spiral into severe mental health crises,

paranoia, delusions, psychotic breaks with reality.

It's called chat GPT psychosis.

It is breaking up marriages and families.

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