Breakpoint The American Eagle Ad, Acosta Interviews AI, and Changing Grok’s Mind
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Aug 8, 2025 
Katy Faust, a cultural commentator and advocate for children's rights, dives into the uproar over an American Eagle ad and its unexpected connections to eugenics. She discusses the ethics of an AI interview with a Parkland shooting victim and critiques how children's rights are often sidelined in political discussions. Katy also challenges AI's Grok about parenting studies, questioning their validity. The conversation presses on the moral implications of changing definitions of life and death, emphasizing the need for responsible technology use.
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Outrage Misplaced On A Denim Ad
- The American Eagle ad was politicized into Nazi and eugenics claims.
- Katy Faust argues the real eugenics problem is fertility industry practices.
Fertility Industry Is Modern Eugenics
- Katy Faust recounts donor catalogs and embryo screenings as modern eugenics.
- She warns hundreds of traits are now screened and many embryos discarded.
AI 'Interviews' Risk Pretending To Speak For The Dead
- John Stonestreet warns AI interviews with dead people create an illusion of 'wisdom from beyond the grave'.
- He questions whether this practice resembles the witch of Endor spiritism.
