People choosing to use an LLM for therapeutic support probably do so with the belief that it is, while maybe not as beneficial as a human therapist, better than

People choosing to use an LLM for therapeutic support probably do so with the belief that it is, while maybe not as beneficial as a human therapist, better than nothing. Early RCT results[0] so far do seem promising. It's not equivalent to choosing to drink poison, which would very clearly be far worse than nothing. [0]: https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/AIoa2400802 https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/AIoa2400802