Ben reveals a new twist: he pasted the grandmother letter into Google Bard and reads its full answer on air — self-regulation, I-statements, therapy, support groups, plus three resources including Susan Davis's "Calm Down Now" booklet. The room judges it decent but entirely you-focused, and notes AI didn't try to sell anything, unlike Secular's answer, which hawked an $8 anger booklet for a check or money order ("I don't think that's true" — admitting it is not the big first step for anger). Ben tells his "I think I'm a dog" anecdote: the AI affirmed him until he pushed back, then it supplied the Christian worldview and apologized. Mike responds on AI programming and data telling stories we'd rather not hear (crime statistics, protected classes), and Ben tells the stroke-symptoms sign story — men's and women's symptoms differ, and blurring that to fit a narrative can kill people.
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