AI can’t be all that bad. The problem I’m always seeing with AI is a double-edged sword. You have corporations shoving AI in just about everything, treating it like its a cure for cancer and that really rubs people the wrong way. Then, on a more of a society level, you’ve got people who use AI for an assortment of things like making art with AI and still accredit themselves as an artist to people who treat AI like a therapist when it is not advised to.
However, I’ve found some benefits with AI. For example, I’m chatting with ChatGPT on credit cards, because it is something I may lean towards getting into. It’s helping me better understand than most people have tried explaining to me. Simply because it is giving me a more stream-lined response than people just beating the bush.
It’s very helpful for neurodivergent people - helps you figure out who you are and what you want, how you think, learn and work best, identify your obstacles and help you overcome them, understand your neurodivergency and compare it to how neurotypical people think. It’s fantastic at generating ideas that you then test out. The ideas that it gives you are based on how you actually function, so often times they’re valid.
No one should be using a corporate chat bot to “figure out who they are”.
Eh, you try different strategies and you find things that work. Ai is a tool.
It’s a tool for the owners, it’s a trap for the users. The sycophancy and malleability of the chatbots makes them not just unsuitable as replacements for therapists, they can be and often are actively harmful, validating problematic, spiraling or psychotic thought patterns.
I know that therapy isn’t accessible for everyone, but any actual human you can talk to is better than a chat bot in this context.
I would rather someone vibe code critical infrastructure with a chat bot than use it for mental health.