MyREShow™ Mortgage Crisis Time Capsule, ChatGPT Snitching to the FBI, and Templar Theory Thursday

The episode begins with Sandi Lyn and Producer Brian discussing creative inspiration for real estate content, using a video about reviewing a box from the 2008 mortgage crisis like an antique as an example of how creators can borrow formats and ideas from outside their own industry. They encourage agents to save interesting reels from unrelated niches and adapt the concepts rather than limiting themselves to traditional real estate content. The conversation then turns to an incident involving ChatGPT allegedly sending information to the FBI after a user sarcastically instructed it to do so. Sandi Lyn and Producer Brian use the story to discuss how AI follows instructions literally, the importance of clearly stating what you want an AI system to do, and the need to understand its limitations.The AI discussion expands into inaccurate or outdated information, with Producer Brian describing an experience where ChatGPT insisted that the iPhone 18 did not exist while he was holding one. Sandi Lyn recalls using ChatGPT for true-crime research and discovering that it had completely fabricated a story, while Producer Brian describes examples of AI producing unsupported financial information. They discuss the danger of accepting AI-generated information without verification, especially for research and business decisions. The conversation also examines AI replacing employees and managers, the costs of AI usage, accountability when AI makes mistakes, and an old IBM warning that computers should not make management decisions because they cannot be held accountable.The final segment is Conspiracy Theory Thursday, focusing on the Knights Templar and the alleged connection between their persecution and the origins of Friday the 13th. Producer Brian explains the popular theory that King Philip IV of France, concerned about the Templars' wealth and power, arranged for accusations of heresy and other crimes to be distributed to authorities, leading to mass arrests on Friday, October 13, 1307. The discussion covers the torture and forced confessions experienced by the knights and the eventual dissolution of the order. Sandi Lyn then connects the subject to real estate by suggesting a future episode about the absence of 13th floors in hotels and skyscrapers before sharing her personal association with Friday the 13th. 00:01 — Creative Inspiration Beyond Real Estate 03:57 — Lessons From the 2008 Mortgage Crisis 06:43 — When AI Takes You Literally 10:06 — Teaching AI How You Work 11:14 — AI Can Be Wrong 13:12 — When AI Makes Up a True Crime Story 14:38 — Can AI Replace Employees and Managers? 16:03 — Who Is Accountable for AI? 18:13 — Conspiracy Theory Thursday 21:58 — Why Is Friday the 13th Unlucky? 23:12 — Friday the 13th and Real Estate Have a topic you want us to discuss, or want to be a guest on our show? Follow and DM us:Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/myrealestateshow/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@myrealestateshowLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/myrealestateshow/