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Are people using ChatGPT for therapy more vulnerable than people using it for medical or legal advice? From my experience talking about your problems to the una
by arowthway 1y ago
Are people using ChatGPT for therapy more vulnerable than people using it for medical or legal advice? From my experience talking about your problems to the unaccountable bullshit machine is not very different then the "real" therapy.
- latexr 1y ago> Are people using ChatGPT for therapy more vulnerable than people using it for medical or legal advice? Probably. If you are in therapy because you’re feeling mentally unstable, by definition you’re not as capable of separating bad advice from good. But your question is a false dichotomy, anyway. You shouldn’t be asking ChatGPT for either type of advice. Unless you enjoy giving yourself psychiatric disorders. https://archive.ph/2025.08.08-145022/https://www.404media.co/guy-gives-himself-19th-century-psychiatric-illness-after-consulting-with-chatgpt/ https://archive.ph/2025.08.08-145022/https://www.404media.co... > From my experience talking about your problems to the unaccountable bullshit machine is not very different then the "real" therapy. From the experience of the people (and their families) who used the machine and killed themselves, the difference is massive.
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- terminalshort 1y agoI've been talking about my health problems to unaccountable bullshit machines my whole life and nobody ever seemed to think it was a problem. I talked to about a dozen useless bullshit machines before I found one that could diagnose me with narcolepsy. Years later out of curiosity I asked ChatGPT and it nailed the diagnosis.