what does this say about society, who's about to install it in the infrastructure of.. everything..?
Itās a bigger issue when people use it for therapy or friendship as evidenced by the article. These are gaps in society that we should be filling. Iām less concerned about people using it at work when the assumption is that they have the critical thinking to know that the output sucks
No wonder that a system that is basically never ārationale-completeā that is made to tell you what you want to hear by design is so good at providing support that people have trouble accessing
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into the tash it foes
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Those gaps were not getting filled anyway so filling it with AI is better than nothing which is what most people in poverty get.
Sometimes all a person needs is some guidance or good advice versus nothing. AI doesn't always give a good answer but it does most of the time and it is on an uptrend in terms of accuracy, in fact comparing the AI from a few years ago with today is night and day different.
You are implying human professional therapists are infallible compare to AI. I would argue AI does a better job than most human therapists. They're highly available whenever the client needs support, they have no patience to test, and have access to much more info and resources than any single human can be expected to handle.
AI isn't better than the best therapists money can buy (yet) , but it is still better than the therapist who runs a conveyor belt shop and needs to pull up notes every week to remember who the fuck you were and what happened in your life because they're seeing like 20 other people because that's the reality of getting 'professional help'. I say this as someone who has tried to 'get help' like everyone always posts online like talking to a mental health professional is some magic silver bullet so it always gets spammed by people who don't know wtf they're talking about just like all the teenagers who have never been in a relationship are spamming in r/relationshipadvice to divorce or break up and find something better.
Soon the ai won't be limited to text. It will be able to have a real voice, maybe even a physical presence and so on. 10-15 years it's going to happen. Robots will replace people in the medical field very soon.
AI Solves The Global Therapist Scarcity Problem. We Can Democratize Access to Safe and Effective Mental Health. Billions of Africans Now Can Get Therapy On Demand In A Scalable Manner.
Yh but wat does dis say about societe? and the ppl who install it... really makes u think
I just meant itās bad that instead of improving those areas and filling gaps, weāre letting capitalism do it for us. People should have better access to therapy in America. Especially since weāre overworked. Top GDP etc. people need good access. And Although Iād agree that like, the whole like therapy industry has a lot of flaws, and person to person therapy isnāt that done of a deal. We shouldnāt throw out the baby with the bath water.
Like I get it ā People have to find the right therapist and work up the courage to open up and whatnot and not so much with the AI. But One issue I have with that though is how ethereal the memory of it is. You might as well be going to McDonaldās for therapy. Paying cheapest dollar for something that isnāt even taking notes on you or following up on things week after week which is what some people really need. Venting to a therapist is cool but not as cool as like using it to fuel self development and thatās where I see AI strugglin
It will get better and Iām happy people who need the resources can get them. I just wish that AI wasnāt the complete solve. Or atleast that like I could access a good resource that genuinely values privacy
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Ill be honest i think therapy in nearly every case is a colossal waste of time
Disagree, most people canāt solve that stuff on their own or cope that they have
If you purge automatic negative thoughts that definitely helps but only for your future baggage. The past stuff is worth getting rid of sometimes and most struggle with that.