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

(www.theguardian.com)
165 points distalx | 1 comments | 10 May 25 15:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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caseyy ◴[11 May 25 00:28 UTC] No.43950190[source]▶
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”.

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mvdtnz ◴[11 May 25 00:59 UTC] No.43950334[source]▶
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.
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krainboltgreene ◴[11 May 25 01:14 UTC] No.43950406[source]▶
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.

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mvdtnz ◴[11 May 25 01:26 UTC] No.43950472[source]▶
Is there something about therapists that makes them inherently noble and not prone to the same incentives as everyone else?
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1. ndsipa_pomu ◴[11 May 25 14:36 UTC] No.43954127{5}[source]▶
There's an inherent limit in how many people they can be treating - even group therapy sessions will be limited by number. As such, there's not many "exploits" that they can use to gain more and more power/money. Also, the job is far more likely to attract people that are interested in helping rather than exploiting people. People that want to exploit others are going to want to expand their audience.