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As you said earlier, therapists are (thoroughly) trained on how to best handle situations. Just 'being human' (and thus empathizing) may not be such a big part
by vanviegen 7mo ago
As you said earlier, therapists are (thoroughly) trained on how to best handle situations. Just 'being human' (and thus empathizing) may not be such a big part of the job as you seem to believe.
Training LLMs we can do.
Though it might be important for the patient to believe that the therapist is empathizing, so that may give AI therapy an inherent disadvantage (depending on the patient's view of AI).
- emp17344 7mo agoSocialization with other humans has so many benefits for happiness, mental health, and longevity. Conversely, interaction with LLMs often leads to AI psychosis and harms mental health. IMO, this is pretty strong evidence that interaction with LLMs is not similar to socialization with real humans, and a pretty good indicator that LLM “therapy” is significantly less helpful or even harmful than human-driven therapy.
- borski 7mo agoPrecisely.
- borski 7mo ago> Just 'being human' (and thus empathizing) may not be such a big part of the job as you seem to believe. The word “just” is not in my comment anywhere. Being human is necessary, but not sufficient. And no, you cannot train an LLM to be human. An LLM is not a therapist. Please do not confuse the two. You cannot train an LLM on how to be human.