I understand why a lot of people are using it anyway. Real therapy is either expensive or out of reach in some fashion. A lot of people are trying AI as an alternative to no therapy at all. It’s just that it is becoming increasingly evident that it’s high-risk with a possibility of very bad outcomes for vulnerable people. I don’t think this is a good thing.
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In my limited experience, before I knew the dangers, the AI therapy was better than most therapists I’ve had. Maybe I feel the pressure when I’m with a live person but at the time it’s hard to tell them what’s really bugging me and I can never remember what I wanted to ask them. With AI I have time to think and it’s at my leisure and I can ask them questions directly without personalities getting in the way or without my natural tendency to clam up when I’m talking to a live person. Maybe I’m too embarrassed to ask a live therapist what I really want to know.
They should make a Ilm specifically designed for therapy. I know that would be a legal nightmare but I’m sure it wouldn’t take that much effort to make one that’s safer for people like us. I was watching a video about some summit they had where they gathered a bunch of top talent in mathematics and had them interact with o4 mini and apparently the thing was so competent it had these guys questioning what the future would look like for mathematicians. If it can do theoretical math I’m sure they could fine tune one for therapy.
He’s the video. It’s like 6 minutes in.
Zuck is the LAST person on the planet I trust to develop a therapy AI. Fxxx all the tech bros.
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That’s just the thumbnail. Most of the video isn’t about zuck
I definitely second that
The thumb made my stomach churn. I’m still suffering the effects of having to buy a Starlink Mini so this wasn’t helpful.
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