Submitted by demauroy t3_11pimea in Futurology
dramignophyte t1_jbz41cj wrote
Reply to comment by petrichoring in ChatGPT or similar AI as a confidant for teenagers by demauroy
Okay so I don't want this to sound like I think you are wrong, because I really do think you are right but... For a doctor, you sure are making assumptions not based on research. How can I say that? Chat gpt has been around for how long? How many peer reviewed studies have come out on the potential for it to have a positive or negative effect in this scenario? Or even just studies? So, by math, I can be like 90% sure, you are basing your answer on your own personal views based on other things and applying it here, which MAY BE TRUE, I really want to emphasize that I agree with you and do not think you are wrong, I just think you are wrong for speaking on it in a way as if you are an expert on the subject when nobody is an expert on ai to human interactions and their effect on mental health, you are an expert on mental health, not AI interactions. Like your reasoning of protections against self harm? I would argue an AI program could, if not already, eventually be better at determining if someone is at risk of hurting themselves or dangerous behavior and putting in protections on privacy are also fixable problems.
AtomGalaxy t1_jc1uayz wrote
But, if programs like ChatGPT help people, how will the for-profit healthcare industrial complex in America continue to rake in money to send to Big Pharma and the insurance companies?
Perhaps $3M has been spent over the decades trying to fix my now estranged older sister between rehab, therapy, hospital stays, and law enforcement. That doesn’t even include the destruction she has caused to society and people’s lives. All it did was help turn her into a psychopath that’s able to keep on going harming people and being insane on social media. She’s too far gone now to be taken seriously, but my lived experience very much disagrees with “trust the professionals” and to just keep feeding the beast with more money.
What’s wrong is our lifestyles, our food, our addiction to technology that’s fucking with our minds with their algorithms. It’s like the commercials when I was a kid after you ate your sugary cereal and watched your favorite cartoons that were really infomercials for the toys, only to then sit all day playing Nintendo getting fat. It’s that times 100 these days. They’ll put kids on drugs for anything. We’re being chemically handcuffed just to get us to comply with the system.
What we need is sunshine, our hands in the dirt growing plants, real fruits and vegetables, walkable communities, and above all a lot more of our lives outdoors not looking at screens.
Show me a doctor in America who will prescribe that for a teenager before Adderall.
adigitalwilliam t1_jcfj728 wrote
I think there are limitations to what you advocate, but also a lot of truth there—upvoted to cancel out the downvote.
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