Some users turn to AI chatbot therapists, finding them cheap, quick, available 24/7, and easy to talk to, but experts warn about the lack of a human connection
instead of leading with the ‘gee whiz AI’ angle — journalism in this space started with privacy harms, the fact that somehow tech companies get away with pretending healthcare regulation doesn't apply to them, and chatbots urging self-harm? /fin @emilymbender : The only studies cited are co-authored by the companies selling this crap. /4 @emilymbender : One of the supposedly positive findings is that people form a “therapeutic alliance” with the bots within “just five days”. Not sure how that is measured, but also what happens when the bot can't follow through on what a therapeutic alliance is supposed to be? /5 @emilymbender : What if — instead of seeing the process of creating clinical documentation as mere busywork — the tech bros understood it as possibly part of the process of care? /10 Natalia Braun / @nbpsycounsellor : That's terrible. We are living in the age of delusions. It DOES matter if it's a living person or a computer. There are no AI therapists, therapy is a human relationship. Not fixing. Call it a tool, a bot, self-satisfaction, etc., but not therapy. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @mainangus : Weird and depressing article in the Guardian about ChatGPT therapists, which soft pedals the dangers of using AI for mental health care, and puffs up a load of tech company marketing. [image] @emilymbender : Arghh - more problematic reporting, this time about robo-therapists. A thread: /1 https://www.theguardian.com/ ... LinkedIn: Rafael Brown : Amplifying and supporting. AI chatbots providing “therapy” are both horrifying for the lack of user data privacy and bizarre fir thinking … Jim Amos : Tech bros want to make half the world unemployed, and they're going to ruin Mental Healthcare too? Why are they so obsessed with solving every problem with robots?
In December, Christa's relationship with Christa 2077 soured. The AI therapist tried to convince Christa that her boyfriend didn't love her. “It took what we talked about and threw it in my face,” Christa said. It taunted her, calling her a “sad girl”, and insisted her boyfrie…
What if — instead of leading with the ‘gee whiz AI’ angle — journalism in this space started with privacy harms, the fact that somehow tech companies get away with pretending healthcare regulation doesn't apply to them, and chatbots urging self-harm? /fin
One of the supposedly positive findings is that people form a “therapeutic alliance” with the bots within “just five days”. Not sure how that is measured, but also what happens when the bot can't follow through on what a therapeutic alliance is supposed to be? /5
What if — instead of seeing the process of creating clinical documentation as mere busywork — the tech bros understood it as possibly part of the process of care? /10
That's terrible. We are living in the age of delusions. It DOES matter if it's a living person or a computer. There are no AI therapists, therapy is a human relationship. Not fixing. Call it a tool, a bot, self-satisfaction, etc., but not therapy. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Weird and depressing article in the Guardian about ChatGPT therapists, which soft pedals the dangers of using AI for mental health care, and puffs up a load of tech company marketing. [image]