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wintermute22 commented on LLMs should not replace therapists   arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412... · Posted by u/layer8
ivape · 8 months ago
Therapy is entirely built on trust. You can have the best therapist in the world and if you don't trust them then things won't work. Just because of that, an LLM will always be competitive against a therapist. I also think it can do a better job with proper guidelines.
wintermute22 · 8 months ago
No one should be trusting LLMs, they are wrong too often. Any trust in LLMs is built by the cult of AI and its leaders (Sam Altman etc)
wintermute22 commented on LLMs should not replace therapists   arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412... · Posted by u/layer8
Lerc · 8 months ago
I think the argument isn't if LLM can do as good a job as a therapist, (maybe one day, but I don't expect soon).

The real question is can they do a better job than no therapist. That's the option people face.

The answer to that question might still be no, but at least it's the right question.

Until we answer the question "Why can't people get good mental health support?" Anyway.

wintermute22 · 8 months ago
"The real question is can they do a better job than no therapist. That's the option people face."

This is the right question.

The answer is most definitely no, LLMs are not set up to deal with the nuances of the human psyche. We're in real danger of LLM accidentally reinforcing dangerous lines of thinking. It's a matter of time till we get a "ChatGPT made me do it" headline.

Too many AI hype folks out there thinking that humans don't need humans, we are social creatures, even as introverts. Interacting with an LLM is like talking to an evil mirror.

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