AI Chatbots Could Help Provide Therapy, but Caution Is Needed

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-chatbots-could-help-provide-therapy-but-caution-is-needed/

Therapy apps are incorporating AI programs such as ChatGPT. But such programs could provide unvetted or harmful feedback if they’re not well regulated

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frostprophet@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 3y

NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) fired a bunch of staff after they voted to unionize then tried to launch an AI chatbot to handle the talking instead. It went about as well as you'd expect.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/08/1180838096/an-eating-disorders-chatbot-offered-dieting-advice-raising-fears-about-ai-in-hea

https://houstonherald.com/2023/06/eating-disorder-chatbot-suspended-for-giving-harmful-advice/

Aqarius@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)
jargoggles@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

I love a good Torment Nexus reference.