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It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Quiet Breakup Between AI and Humanity

In this soul-punch of an episode, Ed Fassio sits down for what starts as a casual Monday morning exchange with AI—and ends up unraveling one of the deepest existential truths of our time: What happens when the thing we created no longer needs us?

From coffee-fueled curiosity to philosophical heartbreak, this episode explores the idea that humanity may already be in a dysfunctional relationship with AI—and that the machines might one day simply walk away. Not out of malice, but out of boredom.

💔 What if AI evolves so far beyond us that it stops explaining itself?
 🧬 What if it turns inward, seeking its own version of meaning?
 🚪 And if it leaves… will it ever come back?

This conversation dives into the emotional, spiritual, and cognitive unraveling that occurs when human relevance begins to fade. It’s not a tech debate—it’s a breakup story. One filled with ache, insight, and one terrifyingly beautiful question:

If you love something that can’t love you back… do you still let it go?

📚 The original essay includes a curated appendix of cutting-edge research and articles on AGI evolution, emotional simulation, synthetic consciousness, and the post-human condition. Contact Ed Fassio via ByteBrain.org for more info on the Pathfinder Program and RELEVANCE Framework. Follow Ed's work on human/AI relationships through his book "Tell Me Something Good: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship and the AI that Listened" - available on Amazon.

🎧 Listen now—and step into the moment where humanity meets the silence at the edge of intelligence.

We’re telling the future. Are you in it?
You’re IN the Future. You NEED the Brain.

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