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The fact that this is considered a viable option because we live in a country with a government that refuses to actually provide for its people, is painfully depressing. AI as your therapist… seriously what the fuck is this timeline? I work in tech and the people constantly blowing AI hot air are not folks you want in charge of the tools for your therapy and wellbeing.
No one can afford $2000 bread, well maybe in the great depression
This assumes all human therapists are ethical and never make mistakes, and that all of their offices, notes and data syatems are secure too. All security is porous.
No, it doesn’t.
You distrust AI therapists.
You distrust bad therapists.
You do trust good therapists.
See? Works just fine.
That assumes you can tell and that the best people and processes are flawless which is not true by a wide margin.
I cannot help you. You are having a conversation in your head that no one else here is a part of. You gotta come back down to Earth, man.
I mean… Yeah. That’s why they went to a therapist…
Depending on who you are an AI chat might just be a less tedious journal which can obviously be better than not journaling, I still find it sorta weird too but the ridicule is unfounded imo.
From a privacy perspective it’s likely terrible/ terrifying but given the majority of people are already transparent for the most part, they are at least taking some real world value for their increased transparency.
I imagine at least some of that ridicule stems from this being kind of the exact wrong answer to the big, societal “why is everyone so lonely now?” question.
It’s a bit like watching a pack-a-day smoker buy lozenges for their throat or something, as if you’re not supposed to think about the cancer.
By AI head specialist.
Not sure…
Hooman therapists cost a lot of money, and a shitload of people won’t get any help at all without AI.
So, I think it is fine. The potential damage is far less than no help at all. Just use a little common sense and don’t take anything as a Gospel - just as when we see hooman therapists.
I think this is true and until we have easily accessible and free mental health services it is the next best option and far more likely to do good than harm.
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You simply don’t get it, there are shit loads of people who are struggling with their mental health and for various reasons they cannot find and/or afford a therapist. So yes, better to have an AI therapist than no therapist.
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Thank you very much-o, Doctor Roboto
Please go on. I’m not sure I understand you fully.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
selfhosted AI is 1000% more confidential than a human therapist; but stuff like ChatGPT? yeah stay away from those
It might be 1000% more confidential, but is it effective? Anecdotal evidence doesn’t count. For all we know AI therapy could be actively harmful to certain conditions. I’m not sure there’s any published studies on this.
There was actually one published a few days ago that concluded that it can be effective:
However the person who did the study shares your concerns:
Also they did another article about difficulties and pitfalls of making these things
even that is questionable professionally
Shrink-ROM from Terry Gilliam’s Zero Theorem.
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