It’s a trivial claim that people are going to use AI as a therapist. No grumbling is going to stop that.
So it’s sensible that someone out there is evaluating its competence and thinking about a better alternative for these folks than yoloing their worst thoughts into chatgpt.com’s default LLM.
Everyone's hand is being forced by the major AI providers existing.
Even if you were a perfect altruist with a crusade against the idea of people using LLMs for mental health, you could still be forced to dash towards figuring out how to build LLM tools for mental health in your consideration for others.
Sure. It's also a trivial claim that people will take megadoses of rhubarb to cure cancer.
The age-old problem is how to prevent that disaster and save those lives. That's not trivial. Creating an Oncological Rhubarb Authority could easily make the problem much worse, not better.
Agree, the solution not trivial, so it's good that people are thinking about it.
If you try to merely stop people from using LLMs as therapists (could you elaborate on what that looks like?) and call it a day, your consideration isn't extending to all the people who will do it anyways.
That's what I mean by forcing your hand into doing the work of figuring out how to make LLM therapists work even if you were vehemently against the idea.
Everyone deserves clear advice not to use rhubarb as a cancer treatment, and not to use LLMs for mental health care. It's very easy to provide that advice.
I think you're assuming my proposed solution is to take rhubarb away from people? It's not.
Maybe you want to found the "Oncological Rhubarb Validation Association" or something. If so, that has nothing to do with me? That's just snake oil marketing. Not my field.
So it’s sensible that someone out there is evaluating its competence and thinking about a better alternative for these folks than yoloing their worst thoughts into chatgpt.com’s default LLM.
Everyone's hand is being forced by the major AI providers existing.
Even if you were a perfect altruist with a crusade against the idea of people using LLMs for mental health, you could still be forced to dash towards figuring out how to build LLM tools for mental health in your consideration for others.