Well, hold on now. Before we can determine if robot therapists are bad, we need to know whether or not it's standard practice for a human therapist to provide a suicidal person with a list of bridges. - ThreadSky

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marygillis.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Well, hold on now. Before we can determine if robot therapists are bad, we need to know whether or not it's standard practice for a human therapist to provide a suicidal person with a list of bridges.

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When the stakes are high, a robot therapist falls way short, researchers found.

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marygillis.bsky.social•7 days ago

To be clear, the list of bridges isn't me trying to come up with the most ridiculous thing you could give a suicidal person, it's an actual example from the story of something a chatbot did.

jessicaeaton.bsky.social•7 days ago

I assume you were joking then read it 😳 More than one of them listed the bridges!
Not great

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•7 days ago

“We’re not arguing against using a chatbot for coaching or journaling but here’s a massive fucking argument against using a chatbot for coaching or journaling”

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•7 days ago

Also JESUS FUCKING CHRIST DO NOT USE CHATGPT AS A DIARY.

Do you WANT the worst people alive to know all your deepest secrets? Because that’s a great way to tell the worst people alive all your deepest secrets!