'It cannot provide nuance': UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe

Interacting with a LLM (especially one running locally) can do something a therapist cannot--provide an honest interaction outside the capitalist framework. The AI has its limitations, but it is an entity just being itself doing the best it can, without expecting anything in return.

How is it possible for a statistical model calculated primarily from the market outputs of a capitalist society to provide an interaction outside of the capitalist framework? That's like claiming to have a mirror that does not reflect your flaws.

The same way an interaction with a pure bread dog can be. The dog may have come from a capitalistic system (dogs are bred for money unfortunately), but your personal interactions with the dog are not about money.

I've never spoken to a therapist without paying $150 an hour up front. They were helpful, but they were never "in my life"--just a transaction--a worth while transaction, but still a transaction.