Ivor Griffiths

Empathy In The Age Of AI

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Empathy in the Age of AI is a podcast about staying human in a world optimized for speed, disconnection, and emotional shortcuts. Host Ivor Griffiths explores what it takes to build real connection in systems that reward performance over presence. No tech hype. No productivity hacks. Just honest, unfiltered reflections on how we care for ourselves and each other — before we forget how.

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Ivor Griffiths

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The 18 Months That Nearly Broke Me 02.09.2025 14:02

👉 Donate: https://events.nationalmssociety.org/participants/734614A layoff. MS by text. A car took out my knees. I rode 100 miles to double knee surgery. A deer broke my neck. Then a thyroid cancer scare. I decided, having never been a runner, to chase a sub-4 marathon. Skin Cancer. These were my 18 months that nearly broke me… and why I still believe movement is medicine. Disclaimer: I’m not a d...

The Empathy Trap: Why Bots Fail (and How To Use AI Right) 26.08.2025 22:36

We keep trying to outsource empathy to machines that can’t feel. Here’s a better plan: let AI clear the mental clutter so you can actually show up as a human. In this episode, I open with a youth-soccer gut punch (penalty shootout, heartbreak, the works) and contrast it with a robotic “we value your experience” email. Then we get practical: where AI belongs (email triage, scheduling, summaries), w...

Weaponized Empathy: The Disturbing Evolution of AI Persuasion 22.07.2025 26:13

Weaponized Empathy: How AI Is Learning to Manipulate You | Empathy in the Age of AI Ep. 2What if empathy isn’t always good? What if it can be used to manipulate, coerce, and control? In this episode, we unpack the uncomfortable truth that empathy...the very thing we associate with kindness and connection is also one of the most powerful tools of persuasion. And in the hands of AI systems trained t...

Empathy in the Age of AI — What AI Reveals About Us. 08.07.2025 20:36

Empathy in the Age of AI Season 1 Episode 1What if artificial intelligence isn’t just a tool...but a mirror? In this debut episode of Empathy in the Age of AI, we explore how our growing reliance on AI is exposing something deeper: a cultural allergy to emotional labor, vulnerability, and human connection. We’ve built machines to answer, respond, and even simulate care; but what happens when conve...