I’ve used AI as a pseudo-therapist. It was kinda surreal. It had some helpful things to say, but there was a whole lot of cheerleading. Like, I appreciate the boost, and telling me how great I am. Then it kept trying to push me into an action plan like it’s selling a Tony Robbin’s book. And it never really challenged me on my representations or perspective except when I was down on myself.
I get it, when someone comes to you with troubles, try to make them feel better about themselves. But I really have to do a lot of searching to figure out what parts are worth paying attention to and what parts are just hyping me up.
I definitely would not trust it, but I think it says some useful stuff by accident now and again.
Maybe it would’ve done better if I’d given it really detailed instructions on how to be a therapist, but if I could do that I could probably give those same instructions to my wife or someone and be better off.
I’ve used AI as a pseudo-therapist. It was kinda surreal. It had some helpful things to say, but there was a whole lot of cheerleading. Like, I appreciate the boost, and telling me how great I am. Then it kept trying to push me into an action plan like it’s selling a Tony Robbin’s book. And it never really challenged me on my representations or perspective except when I was down on myself.
I get it, when someone comes to you with troubles, try to make them feel better about themselves. But I really have to do a lot of searching to figure out what parts are worth paying attention to and what parts are just hyping me up.
I definitely would not trust it, but I think it says some useful stuff by accident now and again.
Maybe it would’ve done better if I’d given it really detailed instructions on how to be a therapist, but if I could do that I could probably give those same instructions to my wife or someone and be better off.