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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

That is one bullshit headline. Forbes keeping the AI pump and dump scheme going.

TLDR: People correctly discerned that written responses were from an "AI" chatbot slightly less often than they correctly discerned that responses were from a psychotherapist.

"AI" cannot replace a therapist and hasn't "won" squat.

[–] asap -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

A bit disingenuous not to mention this part:

Further, participants in most cases preferred ChatGPT’s take on the matter at hand. That was based on five factors: whether the response understood the speaker, showed empathy, was appropriate for the therapy setting, was relevant for various cultural backgrounds, and was something a good therapist would say.

[–] PapstJL4U 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Patients explaining they liked what they heared - not if it is correct or relevant to the cause. There is not even a pipeline for escalation, because AIs don't think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly. AI chatbot's also cannot empathize since they have no self awareness.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago

but it can give the illusion of empathy, which is far more important.

[–] asap -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You can't say "Exactly" when you tl;dr'd and removed one of the most important parts of the article.

Your human summary was literally worse than AI 🤦

I'm getting downvoted, which makes me suspect people think I'm cheerleading for AI. I'm not. I'm sure it sucks compared to a therapist. I'm just saying that the tl;dr also sucked.

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