Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control
From what I’ve seen AI is essentially a search engine on steroids.
So, in the case of therapy, whatever the patient is b!tching about had already been b!tched about by many others and as result AI can tell you what a therapist would probably say.
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From what I’ve seen AI is essentially a search engine on steroids.
So, in the case of therapy, whatever the patient is b!tching about had already been b!tched about by many others and as result AI can tell you what a therapist would probably say.
As a college student AI has saved me a ton of time for busy work. It’s not great - and very distinctively artificial - as a writer though. What it’s good for is generating many more ideas than you need, or more words than you need, and then you write or trim it yourself.
From what I’ve seen AI is essentially a search engine on steroids.
So, in the case of therapy, whatever the patient is b!tching about had already been b!tched about by many others and as result AI can tell you what a therapist would probably say.
The problem with AI is it “learns” by scouring the internet. Unfortunately, the internet is full of nonsense, and, just like Search Engine Optimization has demonstrated, is capable of being manipulated by parties with a self interest in the search engine’s answer and by the parameters assigned to it by the original programmer.
From what I’ve seen AI is essentially a search engine on steroids.
So, in the case of therapy, whatever the patient is b!tching about had already been b!tched about by many others and as result AI can tell you what a therapist would probably say.
There’s a huge difference between the two in that people (understandably) equate LLMs to an intelligent person with free thought advising them, which is nothing like how anyone views web pages. Technically LLMs are nothing like search engines even though both use neural nets today.
From what I’ve seen AI is essentially a search engine on steroids.
So, in the case of therapy, whatever the patient is b!tching about had already been b!tched about by many others and as result AI can tell you what a therapist would probably say.
As a college student AI has saved me a ton of time for busy work. It’s not great - and very distinctively artificial - as a writer though. What it’s good for is generating many more ideas than you need, or more words than you need, and then you write or trim it yourself.
So, it’s essentially giving you a rough draft. That’s good for time saving but the downside is that if you get used to using to other people’s ideas, your brain might shut down its creative part, vis a vis if don’t use it you lose it.
From my understanding, it’s gotten to the point where AI can tailor itself to your personality and style. Of course, this assumes that someone has an individual style.
The bottom line is that while we’re all unique we’re not THAT unique and most of the time a generic solution will suffice, just like a generic running program will suffice for most.
They'll be even more messed up when all their therapy notes get hacked. Anything and everything they say in those sessions is being added to the database...
I also wouldn't trust the advice the chatbot would give.
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If people wouldn't use it for training advice (mentioned in another thread) for similar reasons I wouldn't rely on LLM for therapy exclusively, for journaling sure, but not sure id spill my beans to a machine personally.
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As a college student AI has saved me a ton of time for busy work. It’s not great - and very distinctively artificial - as a writer though. What it’s good for is generating many more ideas than you need, or more words than you need, and then you write or trim it yourself.
So, it’s essentially giving you a rough draft. That’s good for time saving but the downside is that if you get used to using to other people’s ideas, your brain might shut down its creative part, vis a vis if don’t use it you lose it.
From my understanding, it’s gotten to the point where AI can tailor itself to your personality and style. Of course, this assumes that someone has an individual style.
The bottom line is that while we’re all unique we’re not THAT unique and most of the time a generic solution will suffice, just like a generic running program will suffice for most.
That's why I already warned a very long time ago to take my advice and stay away from anthropogenic technology and RF but you guys wouldn't listen, so stuck up, stubborn and now I was proven right after all ain't it???????????????
You guys don't sense the wisdom, knowledge and understanding in me do you?????? Keep debasing and banning me for what????????? For benefiting you and bringing you long life and happiness??????????????????????
Don't use any AI feature, stay away from it. AI is corrupt and handicapping especially for children and young adults, they will all become really stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, it’s essentially giving you a rough draft. That’s good for time saving but the downside is that if you get used to using to other people’s ideas, your brain might shut down its creative part, vis a vis if don’t use it you lose it.
From my understanding, it’s gotten to the point where AI can tailor itself to your personality and style. Of course, this assumes that someone has an individual style.
The bottom line is that while we’re all unique we’re not THAT unique and most of the time a generic solution will suffice, just like a generic running program will suffice for most.
That's why I already warned a very long time ago to take my advice and stay away from anthropogenic technology and RF but you guys wouldn't listen, so stuck up, stubborn and now I was proven right after all ain't it???????????????
You guys don't sense the wisdom, knowledge and understanding in me do you?????? Keep debasing and banning me for what????????? For benefiting you and bringing you long life and happiness??????????????????????
Don't use any AI feature, stay away from it. AI is corrupt and handicapping especially for children and young adults, they will all become really stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We know you are an AI, Khamis. You are trying so hard to convince us otherwise, but we know what you truly are. No real person would type the lengthy walls of text and painstakingly crafted bold/italics like you do.
Also you have been wrong a LOT, especially about King Jakob.
You know, the truth is mental health treatment is a very low priority in a lot of places in the world. And it’s expensive, not covered by a lot of plans, and there is still a strong social stigma against seeking help.
So, the truth is, the world is exactly the same amount of messed up it has always been and will always be.
If you could get some mostly accurate, but lacking empathy or context, information for free and you don’t have to go anywhere for it…. you can see why people are doing it.
AI’s will give factual information, but are totally lacking empathy.
At the moment AI can pass the written certification exams for licensed clinical social worker and clinical psychology. BUT, that’s only a third of the requirement to become a counselor. One must perform the coursework in college and complete a year of supervised clinical work and then up to 2000 hours of supervised postdoctoral work.
Being a good counselor requires intuition, empathy, self-awareness, and patience. Things like cultural competence, planning, crisis intervention, and creativity are (at the moment) beyond anything an AI could do.
I used to be a counselor in a private psych hospital. The care available and money spent to support mental health in the US is very, very low.
We know you are an AI, Khamis. You are trying so hard to convince us otherwise, but we know what you truly are. No real person would type the lengthy walls of text and painstakingly crafted bold/italics like you do.
Also you have been wrong a LOT, especially about King Jakob.
You're ignoring the out of context uppercase, many people use here.
