Comment on AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn

• huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The AI chatbots are extremely effective therapists. However, they’re only graded on how long they can keep people talking.

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    LLMs are not effective therapists, because they’re not therapists. They cannot treat anyone.

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• Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not all “therapists” know what they’re doing, not all people need actual “therapy”, for some a little chat will suffice. The world is a complicated thing. Only one thing is almost always true – never believe anyone who talks about competitors.

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  • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You might as well talk to yourself than a chatbot, or read some stories.

    Having an overly agreeable puree of language dispensed to you in place of actual conversation with you is neither healthy nor meaningfully engaging.

    Conversation is valuable because it is an actual external perspective. LLM chatbots are designed as echo chambers. They have their uses but conversation for the sake of conversation is not one of them.

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    • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      LLM chatbots are designed as echo chambers.

      They’re designed to generate natural sounding language. It’s a tool. What you put in is what you get out.

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    • Part4@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There is almost no chance you are not talking to a chatbot.

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If all you need is a chat, then go find someone flesh and blood to talk to.

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    • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps, right?

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      • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Honestly, attempting something impossible might be a better use of one’s time than feeding into the AI hysteria. LLMs don’t think, they don’t know, or understand. They just match patterns, and that’s the one thing they’re good for.

        If you need human connection, you won’t get that with an LLM. If you need a therapist, you certainly won’t get that with an LLM.

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    • Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If you just need to get to point A, then go find some flesh and blood transportation system: a horse, for example.

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