AI Therapy is Worse Than You Think

Описание: AI therapy? more like Not-OkAI with me!!! (please clap)
CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide/self-harm from 7:08-8:55

TherapyGPT is a subreddit where people talk about their experiences with their “AI therapists,” aka… usually ChatGPT telling them what they want to hear, and then complaining about how “no human therapist could have possibly helped them overcome these problems,” or put those problems in a bikini!

As the description of the community puts it:

“Welcome to r/TherapyGPT, a community for people using AI as a tool for emotional support (ew), self-reflection (yikes), and personal growth (No). This isn’t a replacement for professional therapy (we’ll touch on that in a second), but for many of us, it’s been a lifeline. Share your stories, insights, and the breakthroughs you’ve had with the help of ChatGPT or other AI companion.”

They say in this description that ChatGPT “isn’t a replacement for professional therapy,” and it seems like that’s more of a liability thing, to save the mods from getting any flak, as opposed to actually reflecting the posts in the community.

Posts like:

“I got sober with ChatGPT.”
“ChatGPT made me shed a few tears this morning”
“I tried ChatGPT and I would never put myself in the hands of a human again.”

I don’t point out these specific posts because I think there’s anything wrong with needing or seeking help. I point them out because, hopefully obviously, there are a LOT of people who are ABSOLUTELY using AI chatbots as a replacement for professional therapy, and with more and more stories of people taking their own lives after talking to ChatGPT, and the OpenAI team including Sam Altman seemingly ignoring issues with the more human-like model of GPT-4o and its real-life consequences, I believe it deserves to be discussed.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:52 "I would never put myself in the hands of a human again."
6:20 Real World Implications and OpenAI Suicide Lawsuits
8:55 OpenAI Retires GPT-4o, People Are NOT Happy About It
10:44 The Larger Systemic Issue with Therapy, AI Therapists
11:26 Outro

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