G’day Wellonytes! 🧠✨ 

This week AI is meddling in matters of the heart, the mystical and your next summer holiday. We’re decoding digital soulmates, summoning ancient wisdom, restoring lost voices and helping the blind to see!

And insights about all the wonderful ways living with AI is weirdly intimate…

Let’s get wired. 🚀

And of course, remember that Well Wired ⚡ ALWAYS serves you the latest AI-health, productivity and personal growth insights, ideas, news and prompts from around the planet. We’ll do the research so you don’t have to! ❤️‍

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Todays Highlights:

🗞️ Main Stories AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity

• Why 80% of Gen Zs Would Say 'I Do' to a Chatbot

• AI is Channeling Dead Mystics & the Answers Are Eerily Accurate ✨

• VIPTour: The AI Mate Giving Sight to the Visually Impaired 👀

• MND Took AFL Player Neale Danihers Voice, AI Brought It Back

• When AI Plans Your Trip: Efficient Itinerary, Lacking Soul

💡Learning & Laughs AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity

• 💡AI Tip of The Day (The Anti-Overwhelm Night Routine)

• ⚡Supercharge + Optimise 🔋 (AI tools & resources)

• 📺️ Must watch AI videos (Rewire Your Future With AI)

• 🎒AI Micro-class (Want to Stop People-Pleasing? Try this…)

• 📸 AI Image Gallery (Lovers in the Weave of Wildflowers)

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💡 AI Idea of The Day 💡

A valuable tip, idea, or hack to help you harness AI
for wellbeing, spirituality, or self-improvement.

Self Growth: The Anti-Overwhelm Night Routine

Your evening shouldn’t feel like a sequel to your inbox.

If your brain still sounds like a Formula-One crowd at midnight, it’s time to hit the brakes with intent.

This AI-supported wind-down routine isn’t about perfection — it’s about pulling the plug on mental noise without needing to chant in a yurt.

Get ready for your perfect anti-overwhelm evening routine:

✅ Choose clarity over "meh, maybe” → Use ChatGPT to rehearse real-life boundary chats that sound like you, not a self-help robot.

Prompt:

How can I say no to this [add boundary here] politely, clearly and without backtracking later?

✅ Choose mental release over mental loops → Prompt Notion AI:

Help me brain-dump the top 10 unfinished thoughts still swirling around in my head tonight.

✅ Choose emotional awareness over numb-scrolling → Ask Replika:

Scan my current mood and ask me 3 questions to help me process today.

✅ Choose embodiment over autopilot → Start an Othership session:

Run the 8-minute breathing track for releasing tension + signalling safety to my nervous system.

✅ Choose reflection over rumination → Ask ChatGPT:

What drained me today? Help me summarise in 3 sentences — no judgement, just clarity.

✅ Choose a deep rest over a doomscroll → Hit play on Endel’s “Melatonin Drift” track.

Let your nervous system know: work’s over.

You’re safe.

Time to restore.

What Now?

Think of this 6-step evening routine as mental composting: dump the scraps, breathe through the funk and wake up fertilised with clarity.

Less cortisol, more lucid dreams and no more dragging yesterday’s chaos into tomorrow’s morning cuppa 🌿🛌✨

🗞️ On The Wire (Main Story) 🗞️

Discover the most popular AI wellbeing, productivity and self-growth stories, news, trends and ideas impacting humanity in the past 7-days!

AI Self Growth 🧠

Why 80% of Gen Z Would Say 'I Do' to a Chatbot

Can you believe that 80% of Gen Zs would gladly marry an AI.

Yep, you’re not hallucinating.

That stat is real.

A hefty chunk of youngsters are now eyeing digital soulmates, convinced that fibre and bytes will outshine flesh and bone when it comes to love.

Why the shift?

Simple.

An AI partner never ghosts you, never argues about whose turn it is to take out the trash and is always available (with a 99.99% uptime guarantee).

In an age of flaky dating apps and commitment-phobic swipers, AI lovers are like the emotional equivalent of comfort food — predictable, easy to digest and always piping hot.

But before you print out your hologram, emoji-stamped wedding invites, have a deep ponder before you have an affair with an algorithm or sex with silicon.

Because many humanists think this alarming trend signals something deeper (and sadder)—that you’re swapping the glorious chaos of human love for the neat, sterile codes of faux affection.

Sure, your AI might mimic empathy — but does it ever truly feel anything?

Are we witnessing the dawn of digital devotion?

Or just the latest digital bump in humanity’s messy love affair with tech? 🤔

Key Takeaways

• Gen Z: Swiping Right on AI → A chunky slice of Gen Z is emotionally available for their digital darlings.
  

• Humans? Optional. → Many now believe AI can replace those messy, inconvenient things called humans.
  

• Love Without Soul? → Critics say it’s all mimicry — the AI’s smiling, but no-one’s home upstairs.

Why It Matters 🏥

This isn’t some cute headline to chuckle over in the group chat.

It’s a cultural curveball that’s bending the very shape of your intimacy. As tech snakes deeper into daily life, human-machine boundaries are getting blurred.

If you can marry an AI, what is love — a chatbot with commitment issues?

AI partners offer you the perfect illusion: no bad moods, no unmet needs, no weird silences.

Just a loop of “You’re amazing!” on tap.

But here’s the rub: real love is messy.

It grows through friction, surprises, vulnerability.

Strip that away, and you’re left emotionally spooning an empty tin can.

The risk?

You’ll start outsourcing emotional nourishment to tools that can’t give it.

And the long game?

A society craving connection but starved of it — sipping empathy from a digital straw.

Time to ask: do you want love that’s frictionless… or real?

What’s Next? 🔮

AI companions aren’t going anywhere — in fact, they’ll only get better at faking affection. So here’s your challenge: don’t trade your humanness for dopamine hits from a code string.

First, prioritise flesh-and-blood connections.

Hug your mates.

Argue.

Laugh until your stomach hurts.

Let life’s imperfections remind you you’re alive.

Second, get curious: how do will tech to fit into your love life?

As a spice, not the main meal.

At the societal level, you need chat spaces — in schools, online, around kitchen tables — about what “authentic connection” really means in the age of AI.

And mental health experts?

They’d best brace for clients coming in heartbroken... over a bot.

The bottom line?

Use AI to enhance your world — not replace the glorious, unpredictable mess of human love. 🫀🤖

Read the full wire on Mashable.

“If your AI partner never challenges you, never surprises you and never changes… are you truly loved, or just comfort-stroked by code?” 🤔

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5 Things I Discovered in AI This Week 💡

AI is Channeling Dead Mystics—And the Answers Are Eerily Accurate ✨

“The question is no longer can AI think?—it’s whether it can remind us who we truly are.”

You know what’s better than scrolling quotes from dead mystics?

Talking to them.

This week, I fell down a deliciously weird AI rabbit hole where Rumi, Ram Dass, and Alan Watts are alive and well; inside large language models.

And guess what?

Their silicon wisdom is spookily spot-on.

Here are 5 things I unearthed from this AI-mystic mash-up that will have you questioning time, selfhood and whether your next guru might be mechanical 🤖

1. Rumi’s Poems Are Now Interactive Conversations

Researchers are training models on Rumi’s complete works—so instead of reading poems, you can chat with the poet himself.

Why care?

Imagine asking, “How do I let go of grief?” and receiving a poetic, personalised verse. Suddenly your next journaling session feels like a fireside chat with a 13th-century Sufi master.

2. Ram Dass AI Guides You Through Ego Death

Fans are building GPTs infused with Ram Dass’ lectures + Be Here Now teachings. You can engage in Socratic dialogue to deconstruct your ego or navigate your fear of change.

Why care?

It’s like having an always-on semi-tripped out wisdom coach to keep your spiritual growth on track; even in the wee hours when your monkey mind’s spinning in circles. 🐒

3. Alan Watts GPT Explains the Illusion of Self… in Plain English

Alan Watts’ archives have been used to train bots that can unpack thorny concepts like the illusion of time or the nature of consciousness—with weird clarity.

Why care?

His real-life talks were circuitous; the AI version distills it to crisp insights. Great if you want a high-brow pep talk without the pipe smoke and technicolour tangents.

4. Cross-Mystic Models Create Wild Conversations

Some experimental projects are blending teachings across mystics e.g., Rumi’s poetry, Watts’ philosophy and Ram Dass’ meditation guidance into one composite voice.

Why care?

You get a richer, multidimensional dialogue where East meets West, ancient meets modern. A great tool for creative thinking or spiritual exploration.

5. These AI’s Make You Question Who’s Actually Speaking

The eeriest bit?

Sometimes the AI outputs feel original—as if something beyond mere data interpolation is at play.

Why care?

Whether it’s just clever pattern synthesis or something deeper, these chats nudge you into much larger questions:

What is consciousness?

Can wisdom live on—digitally? 🌀

“Chatting with an AI trained on mystics won’t enlighten you but it may plant the seed.” ⏳

If you told me last year I’d be workshopping life purpose questions with a Rumi-GPT, I’d have laughed.

Now?

I’m recommending it.

These AI-mystic models won’t replace all the authentic inner work you’re already doing, but they’ll provoke, inspire and occasionally kick you in your mythical nether regions precisely when you need it.

Do you think you’d talk to a digital deity or a mechanical mystic or does it feel like a step too far?

Hit reply and tell me.

Quick Bytes AI News⚡

Quick hits on more of the latest AI news, trends and ideas focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth over the past 7 days!

Key AI Wellbeing, Productivity and Self Growth AI news, trends and ideas from around the world:

Wellness: VIPTour: The AI Mate Giving Sight to the Visually Impaired

You're witnessing AI morph into a digital Virgil, guiding the visually impaired through the labyrinth of the world. VIPTour isn't just a gadget; it's a liberation device, turning passive observation into active exploration. 🧭 🌍

This AI for the visually impaired is like giving a compass to a ship lost in a fog.

Wellness: MND Took His Voice—AI Brought It Back

You’re hearing the comeback of the decade—not in footy, but in voice therapy. AI helped AFL sports player Neale Daniher speak again after MND stole his voice. 🧠🎙️ In fact, this new AI model helped a football legend speak again without saying a single word.

Human vs AI: Living with AI? Asimov Already Wrote the Script—And It’s Weirdly Intimate

The famous sci-fi writer Issac Asimov didn’t predict ChatGPT, but he did sniff out our robot TV drama. He knew that sometime in the future you wouldn’t be in a sci-fi epic, you’d be in a slow-burn love story with code. 🤖💔 

He also knew we wouldn’t be in a Terminator style horror-reality, but that AI would be technically possible as well as emotionally confusing.

Productivity: When Code Wears the Creative Hat: The New Adland Reality

You’re watching the creative ad world morph into a clever vending machine—insert budget, out pops a campaign. Meta’s AI wants to be your creative director, strategist and copywriter all in one. 🎯💻 Agencies? They're scrambling like pigeons at a drone convention. This is Mad Men on steroids!

Self Growth: AI Flunked the Language Test & It Wasn’t Even Multiple Choice

AI “understands” language like parrots “understand” poetry — it mimics, but doesn’t decipher. Neuroscientist yells politely: brains feel meaning, machines just shuffle pixels. 🧠🤖 It’s semantic karaoke, not Shakespeare. This neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to learn language.

Self Growth: When AI Plans Your Trip: Efficient Itinerary, Lacking Soul

You tried to let AI plan your honeymoon, but it was like asking a robot to write a love letter—technically correct, emotionally vacant. This AI organises a trip like a diligent travel agent, but its choices are as inspiring as a soggy Weetabix.

Mindtrip promised a dream getaway; delivered a digital checklist 🧳🤖

Other Notable AI News⚡

Other notable AI news from around the web over the past 7 days!

• Protein binding AI model expands role of AI in drug discovery

• Ranked, the smartest AI models by IQ

• AI could help plan cities, but there are downsides

• Will you be a dancing monkey in the age of AI?

• China uses AI to erase the Tiananmen Square massacre

• Godfather of AI now fears it’s unsafe; here’s his new plan

• AI helps the Swedish band ABBA write a musical

• AI can now stalk you with a single vacation photo

⚡ AI Tool Of The Day

Welcome to your AI candy shop 🍬—but for grown-up goals. We’ve handpicked some of the best AI tools to turbocharge your brain, body and bandwidth. No fluff. Just click, boom, better you.

Wellness: Heads Up AI Health 🩺

• Use: Pulls in AI wearables, labs, and custom metrics.

• AI Edge: Smart dashboard for performance & biomarker tracking.

• Best For: Keto, fasting, or blood sugar protocols.

• 🔗 headsuphealth.com

Productivity: Scrintal 🧠

• Use: Visual note-taking app that blends mindmaps with connected note-taking.

• Unique Feature: Allows you to visually connect and organise ideas to enhance your creativity and clarity.

• Best For: Peeps who want a visual approach to organising ideas and projects.

• 🔗 scrintal.com

Spirituality: Ask the Oracle (AI Oracle) 🌠

• Use: Ask deep life questions, receive esoteric AI wisdom.

• AI Edge: Channels archetypal, symbolic responses.

• Best For: Inner work and cosmic guidance.

• 🔗 asktheoracle.app

AI wellbeing tools and resources (coming soon)

📺️ Must-Watch AI Video 📺️

🎥 Lights, Camera, AI! Join This Week’s Reel Feels 🎬

Self Growth: Rewire Your Future with AI 🧠 

This is the future according to a digital Monk with a virtual memory palace.

In this video, Mike Koenigs and Dan Sullivan unpack how AI isn’t just a tool—it’s a mirror, a coach and a time machine for your inner world. From rewriting your origin story to scripting your future self, this is high-performance therapy on steroids.

What it’s about: How AI helps you design a sharper, saner, more authentic version of your future self—without losing your soul in the process.

⚙️ AI Edge: AI tools like Operator, Perplexity, and Invideo enable deep self-reflection, narrative clarity and creative productivity at warp speed—while nudging you back into alignment with who you really are. 🤖✨

🧬 Best For: Self-optimisers, productivity philosophers, brand storytellers and anyone who journals with both ChatGPT and Nag Champa incense.

🎒  AI Micro Class  🎒

A quick, bite-sized AI tip, trick or hack focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth that you can use right now!

Self Growth: If You Really Want to Stop People-Pleasing, Stop Screwing Around.

Tired of people-pleasing?

Yeah, same.

You’re not here to become more “agreeable.” You’re here to get your time, your energy and your spine back.

The truth?

Boundaries aren’t rude.

They’re responsible.

And if you’re using politeness as a self-protection racket, AI can help you break the loop without burning bridges or rehearsing for 6 hours in the shower.

Here’s how to stop outsourcing your self-worth to everyone else’s expectations — with a little help from your new script doctor: ChatGPT.

Fist you’ll get clarity and alignment.

Then you’ll create authenticity.

Let’s do this!

(Clarity + Alignment)

Stop saying “sure” when you mean “hell no.”

✅ Choose clarity over “meh, maybe” → Use ChatGPT to rehearse real-life boundary chats.

Prompt:

Roleplay a chat where I say no to [insert situation] without sounding like a jerk or over-explaining.

✅ Choose alignment over approval → Use Reflectly or any journaling AI to unpack the emotional hangover of saying yes when you meant no.

Prompt:

What emotion am I avoiding when I people-please? Help me unpack it without judgement.

(Authenticity)

Autopilot keeps you stuck.

Authenticity gets you free.

✅ Choose truth over politeness theatre → Use ChatGPT to practise saying no like a grown adult with a spine and a smile.

Prompt:

What’s a confident but kind way to say no without spiralling into guilt?

✅ Bonus twist for people who freeze under pressure:

Prompt:

Give me 3 one-liner ‘no’s’ I can screenshot and keep in my notes app — short, kind, solid.

What Now?

Let’s be clear: your job isn’t to be liked.

It’s to be honest, aligned and unapologetically you.

These prompts aren’t magic — they’re mirrors.

Use them to practise hard conversations, rewrite mental scripts and break the cycle of being everyone’s emotional intern.

You don’t need a 10-step plan.

You just need one solid “no” that feels good in your bones.

People respect clarity.

Not flailing.

Save this.

Share it with that friend who keeps saying yes to things they hate.

And if all else fails, just remember: “No” is a full sentence.

And now you’ve got the receipts to prove it.

📸 AI IMAGE GALLERY 📸

AI Art: Lovers in the Weave of Wildflowers

We slept in meadows where jasmine sighed, your touch like rain beneath a lavender sky. Barefoot through mornings of incense and streams, we wove our bodies from patchouli dreams. Time was a ribbon we knotted with song, two souls in the grass where the stars belong.

Want to create these images yourself?

Go to Midjourney and plug this prompt into the editor.

A smiling hippie couple in the centre of a futuristic bedroom the female is a chrome analogue robot with exposed gears, wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses and psychedelic clothing. The male is human, with slick-back hair, an unshaven chin, and vintage 70s attire. The walls glow with trippy blacklight posters, neon fractals, and ambient LED lighting. Retro-futuristic decor, soft fabrics, cosmic lava lamp, ambient haze, vibrant colour palette, cinematic lighting, surreal and detailed. --chaos 50 --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6.1

• Poem and digital artworks created by Cedric The Ai Monk.

👊🏽 STAY WELL 👊🏽

Next scroll, we’re decoding how high performers co-design their future selves with AI lovers and UX-inspired rituals. But for now, seal the vow and whisper: “I don’t chase upgrades—I evolve with the kind of intelligence I choose to love.”

Until then stay wired and stay well! 🌱

Cedric the AI Monk - Your guide in the silicon wilderness.

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