I think I will develop this argument: general LLM tools should not be used as pseudotherapy. There needs to be specially trained āmental health contextualisedā LLMs used for pseudotherapy and they need to be tightly evaluated. You highlight suicidal ideation from your own experience and note other work about psychosisāthere are also problems with eating disorders and LLMs. If ChatGPT detects a user with a mental health query, it needs to switch over to ChatGPTherapy.
Iām also very worried about the extent to which EAs use LLMs to substitute for human interaction in general. Avoiding interaction because you find other people boring /ā donāt want to burden them leads to extremely poor relational connective networks, and it atrophies your people skills. Thereās good evidence that relational isolation is the health equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
Also, well done for pulling through it. Sounds like youāve had a tough and lonely few months. Itās pretty amazing you found the courage to post this kind of thing on the Forum. I hope any comments you get respect your personal vulnerability in the area.
I think I will develop this argument: general LLM tools should not be used as pseudotherapy. There needs to be specially trained āmental health contextualisedā LLMs used for pseudotherapy and they need to be tightly evaluated. You highlight suicidal ideation from your own experience and note other work about psychosisāthere are also problems with eating disorders and LLMs. If ChatGPT detects a user with a mental health query, it needs to switch over to ChatGPTherapy.
Iām also very worried about the extent to which EAs use LLMs to substitute for human interaction in general. Avoiding interaction because you find other people boring /ā donāt want to burden them leads to extremely poor relational connective networks, and it atrophies your people skills. Thereās good evidence that relational isolation is the health equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
Also, well done for pulling through it. Sounds like youāve had a tough and lonely few months. Itās pretty amazing you found the courage to post this kind of thing on the Forum. I hope any comments you get respect your personal vulnerability in the area.
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words