[ExI] Chatgpt is replacing therapists

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat

People Are Using ChatGPT in Place of Therapy—What Do Mental Health Experts Think?
By Julia Landwehr     Published on May 13, 2023

<https://www.health.com/chatgpt-therapy-mental-health-experts-weigh-in-7488513>
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>...This advice, however, is worrisome to healthcare providers who focus on mental health.
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>...Therapy with a psychologist is expensive and can go on for years.
It is obvious why people want a quicker and cheaper solution.

BillK

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Hi BillK, such a dilemma.  There are plenty of people who could benefit from a professional therapist who are nowhere near being able to afford it.  In some cases governments pay, but we in the states are quickly approaching the time when government cannot afford anything, not even what it already bought.  That means the choice for a lot of people is ChatGPT as a therapist or no therapist.  

Those who can afford a professional psychologist: good for you, go forth, do it.  For those who cannot, we might suppose ChatGPT is better than nothing, so long as you keep in mind you are mostly talking to yourself.  That might be OK to do that, not necessarily a problem.  But... maybe a problem.

Ja I know that's a wishy washy answer, but I was a witness when Eliza came along over 40 years ago and we heard the same thing then.  Perhaps we should experiment with GPT ourselves, posing as people who need therapy?  I have used ExI-chat as a kind of therapy for over 25 years, but never did get cured.

spike