Traditional therapy ends at the office door — but mental health crises don't keep business hours.

When a suicidal executive couldn't wait another month between sessions, ChatGPT became his lifeline. Author Rajiv Kapoor shares how AI helped this man reconnect with his daughter, save his marriage, and drop from a 15/10 crisis level to manageable — all while his human therapist remained in the picture.

This episode reveals how AI can augment therapy, protect your privacy while doing it, and why deepfakes might be more dangerous than nuclear weapons.

You'll learn specific prompting techniques to make AI actually useful, the exact settings to protect your data, and why Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's AI therapy ban might be dangerously backwards.

Key Topics Covered:

• How a suicidal business executive used ChatGPT as a 24/7 therapy supplement
• The "persona-based prompting" technique that makes AI conversations actually helpful
• Why traditional therapy's monthly gap creates dangerous vulnerability windows
• Privacy protection: exact ChatGPT settings to anonymize your mental health data
• The RTCA prompt structure (Role, Task, Context, Ask) for getting better AI responses
• How to create your personal "board of advisors" inside ChatGPT (Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, etc.)
• Why deepfakes are potentially more dangerous than nuclear weapons
• The $25 million Hong Kong deepfake heist that fooled finance executives on Zoom
• ChatGPT-5's PhD-level intelligence and what it means for everyday users
• How to protect elderly parents from AI voice cloning scams

NOTE: This episode was originally published September 16th, 2025

Resources:

• Books: AI Made Simple (3rd Edition), Prompting Made Simple by Rajeev Kapur

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 — The 2 AM mental health crisis therapy can't solve

1:30 — How one executive went from suicidal to stable using ChatGPT

5:15 — Why traditional therapy leaves dangerous gaps in care

9:18 — Persona-based prompting: the technique that actually works

13:47 — Privacy protection: exact ChatGPT settings you need to change

18:53 — How to anonymize your mental health data before uploading

24:12 — The RTCA prompt structure (Role, Task, Context, Ask)

28:04 — Are humans even ethical enough to judge AI ethics?

30:32 — Why deepfakes are more dangerous than nuclear weapons

32:18 — The $25 million Hong Kong deepfake Zoom heist

34:50 — Universal basic income and the 3-day work week future

36:19 — Where to find Rajiv's books: AI Made Simple & Prompting Made Simple