[ExI] Chatgpt is replacing therapists

[William Flynn Wallace]

Statistics are not good for pills for psych conditions.  However, relaxing
drugs like Valium do work well, though people do get hooked on Valium.
Antidepressants, according to the latest research, don't work well for most
people.  For some, yes.  Antipsychotic drugs do help with some symptoms.  I
am not familiar enough with drugs for ADHD and all of that.  You'll have to
ask Henry for more on this, esp. for psychotherapy.  Surely he has a take
on this AI business..   bill w

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 3:50 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> >…Depends.  Don't know much about it, though.  I do know that in some
> states clinical psychologists can prescribe anything a psychiatrist does.
> As far as legal confidentiality is concerned, I don't know.  What did you
> have in mind?   bill w
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> Not what I have in mind: I reckon I have lived this long with my personal
> brand of crazy, I can go the rest of the distance.  What I meant was: if
> people use GPT for a psychological counseling, no one is liable for that,
> any more than if someone prays to their favorite deity, then goes and
> shoots up the local synagogue.  That isn’t practicing medicine in either
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> If one is using ChatGPT as a poor man’s psychologist, it is equivalent to
> talking to theirself.  But… also note, I am recognizing talking to
> theirself is not necessarily a bad thing; it might help.  It is likely an
> improvement on reading self-help books, for that is where it is likely
> getting its answers anyway.
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> I haven’t tried to us GPT for that, but might at some point.  If I ever
> get depression, I would see using GPT as the poor-man’s psychologist as a
> better approach than alcohol or drugs.  I really don’t trust the chemical
> approach at all.  Saw that go wrong too many times, saw it go right far too
> few.  So… chat away, and good luck, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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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.
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> BillK    I foresee lawsuite along the line of: practicing medicine
> without a license   bill w
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> Billw, I understood that a psychologist is not under the same rules as a
> psychiatrist, since they doesn’t prescribe medications.  Is this mistaken?
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