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An AI app for trauma survivors sounds superficially laudable, but I really hope they are working with seasoned professionals to avoid making things worse. Human

An AI app for trauma survivors sounds superficially laudable, but I really hope they are working with seasoned professionals to avoid making things worse. Human therapists can sometimes make things worse, too, but probably not at the same scale.

sumeno 1y ago
> An AI app for trauma survivors sounds superficially laudable It sounds like a dystopian horror to me
- sroussey 1y ago
  I think being a victim of sexual violence and only talking into the ether with no response is much more dystopian horror to me.
  - weatherlite 1y ago
    Why would it happen though? If A.I is not good enough or won't be good enough it would fail and the company providing the service would go under. If it is good enough, it will succeed. Or is your issue not with the A.I responses themselves but with the fact it is not conscious like a human is? Personally I use Gemini sometimes to talk about my mood, didn't get a bad experience yet.
- voidspark 1y ago
  The unbiased objective analysis can be quite helpful.
- pixl97 1y ago
  At least in the US trauma therapy is commonly unavailable to people due to expense. Moreso the common stigmas around therapy can make it difficult to start the conversation, either due to fear or cost. On top of that quite often free or cheap therapy here in the US is provided by religious groups with their own, unwittingly sinister, motivations. Adding religious trauma to sexual trauma doesn't help in my eyes. The dystopian horror is already here for a lot of people.
- Netcob 1y ago
  Maybe some people would prefer that. Not everyone will happily open up to another human, especially when people are the reason for the trauma...
  - lazide 1y ago
    Talking directly to the surveillance state is so much better?
    - Netcob 1y ago
      True, local LLMs might be a better idea for this particular purpose. Most self-hosted services are generally a better idea, if you know what you're doing.
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sumeno 1y ago

> An AI app for trauma survivors sounds superficially laudable It sounds like a dystopian horror to me

sroussey 1y ago
I think being a victim of sexual violence and only talking into the ether with no response is much more dystopian horror to me.
- weatherlite 1y ago
  Why would it happen though? If A.I is not good enough or won't be good enough it would fail and the company providing the service would go under. If it is good enough, it will succeed. Or is your issue not with the A.I responses themselves but with the fact it is not conscious like a human is? Personally I use Gemini sometimes to talk about my mood, didn't get a bad experience yet.
voidspark 1y ago
The unbiased objective analysis can be quite helpful.
pixl97 1y ago
At least in the US trauma therapy is commonly unavailable to people due to expense. Moreso the common stigmas around therapy can make it difficult to start the conversation, either due to fear or cost. On top of that quite often free or cheap therapy here in the US is provided by religious groups with their own, unwittingly sinister, motivations. Adding religious trauma to sexual trauma doesn't help in my eyes. The dystopian horror is already here for a lot of people.
Netcob 1y ago
Maybe some people would prefer that. Not everyone will happily open up to another human, especially when people are the reason for the trauma...
- lazide 1y ago
  Talking directly to the surveillance state is so much better?
  - Netcob 1y ago
    True, local LLMs might be a better idea for this particular purpose. Most self-hosted services are generally a better idea, if you know what you're doing.

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