return2ozma@lemmy.world to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoPeople are using ChatGPT for therapy—but is it a good idea?www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down13cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkPeople are using ChatGPT for therapy—but is it a good idea?www.newsweek.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoBecause too frequently it gives plausible-sounding but completely unfounded statements. Also it can go more darkly wrong, and all the extra checks and safeguards don’t always protect it.
minus-squareanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoWhy is this different than talking to a human
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoBecause a human can understand the situation, and the person they’re talking to, and reply with wisdom, rather than just parroting what seems like what they heard before.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoTherapy isn’t about what the therapist says
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSome of it is, as I can personally attest. And well-dressed lies can certainly do a person much harm.
Why not
Because too frequently it gives plausible-sounding but completely unfounded statements.
Also it can go more darkly wrong, and all the extra checks and safeguards don’t always protect it.
Why is this different than talking to a human
Because a human can understand the situation, and the person they’re talking to, and reply with wisdom, rather than just parroting what seems like what they heard before.
Therapy isn’t about what the therapist says
Some of it is, as I can personally attest. And well-dressed lies can certainly do a person much harm.