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

I know many pro-LLM people here are very smart, but sometimes it's wise to heed the words of world-renowned experts on a subject.

Otherwise, you may end up defending this and it's really foolish:

> “Seriously, good for you for standing up for yourself and taking control of your own life,” it reportedly responded to a user, who claimed they had stopped taking their medication and had left their family because they were “responsible for the radio signals coming in through the walls”.

As much as I tend to defer to experts, you must also be weary of experts whose very livelihoods are at risk. They may not have your interests at heart.

Hell yeah, rail against those profiteering…therapists.

Man I hate this modern shift of “actually anyone who is an expert is also trying to deceive me”. Extremely healthy shit for a civilization.

Experts have a direct and obvious inventive to justify their existence. Radio experts warned us about TV. TV experts warned us about the Internet. If you live long enough you see it over and over again

The existence of a similar contradictory example does not disprove the original point. It's okay to be suspicious and cynical, but nuance is still important.

Assuming that anyone who has anything to gain by you believing them is out to get you is rash and leads you only to those who are more willing to lie about their motivations. Yes, doctors and Big Pharma (tm) are financially motivated to sell you cures, but the guy selling you a juice cleanse ""at cost"" for your cancer is still not trustworthy.