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AI Chatbots Could Help Provide Therapy, but Caution Is Needed (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 1 year ago by i_promise_nothing@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Aqarius@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

From the hit SciFi book, "Don't create the Torment Nexus..."

[–] frostprophet@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

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/