James BarryCEO | Chef | Founder of Pluck | Host of Everyday Ancestral | 20+ year Pro Chef Health, Wellness, & Curiosity

What Happens When AI Does Your Thinking? | EP 100

1 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this dialogue, James Barry and an interlocutor discuss the dangers of relying on AI for health-related thinking. They highlight how AI can provide inaccurate nutritional information (e.g., claiming two eggs contain 30 g of protein) and note that the business model of free AI services is driven by data collection, which is unlikely to remain free. They warn that major AI platforms lack HIPAA certification, urging practitioners not to upload client lab data. The conversation emphasizes that human-to-human therapeutic presence triggers unique immune responses that AI cannot replicate, suggesting that AI-driven care may have unforeseen biological consequences.

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I've had AI tell me that 2 eggs are gonna give me like 30 grams of protein. In my wildest dreams will 2 eggs give me 30 grams of protein. Your thinking process has now been delegated to the machine. We cannot pretend that it is not insanely powerful. I don't think it's gonna be free for very long.
It pays them to be free because they need more data. This is not theory, this is happening right now. Most people are talking about it as like a, hey, I'm getting more shit done, you know? There is a bigger red flag, I think, that you and I talk about all the time.
None of the major AIs are HIPAA certified. So if you are a practitioner, for the love of God, do not just upload your client's lab data. Having somebody sit with you, hold space with you, and listen to you human to human sets off an entirely different cascade of immune messengers.
There's just no way that AI can reproduce that. It's literally potentially going to affect our biology.
If it's just about information, we'd all be magically healed.