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Emotional Support is one of the most common use cases of Generative tools in the UK, and the % of people with mental health issues in first world countries is a
by intended 8mo ago
Emotional Support is one of the most common use cases of Generative tools in the UK, and the % of people with mental health issues in first world countries is an order of magnitude higher than 0.1%.
Behavioral addictions are even more common place.
These numbers grow worse as you move towards the global majority which has even fewer doctors, let alone mental health professionals.
0.1% is a feel good figure to minimize cognitive dissonance when we don’t want to harm others but don’t want to curtail our benefits.
The question I’d ask is what threshold % of human population would you consider too much