As much as Sam Altman recreates in the countless advantages that, according to him, have chatgpt and artificial intelligence, professionals tend to be much more suspicious. So much so that new research arises every day that calls into question the validity of AI when exercising certain functions. Especially, with everything that has to do with psychology.
It is something similar to the controversy that recently arose around the custom of AI act as a doctor. «Medicine is exercising without having any idea,» experts warned. And now exactly the same happens, only with mental health. A trend that has a special impact on young people, denounces the specialists, who are already taking action on the matter.
Chatgpt, a psychologist who nobody should resort
It has been quite a while since artificial intelligence and chatgpt are used as therapists. After all, there are many advantages to do so: it is free, it is always available and, above all, it tells people what they want to hear. Even Sam Altman himself acknowledged the dangers of the lack of privacy, but in the middle of the social networks, this does not seem to worry.
On this occasion, they have been precisely psychology experts who have chosen to be very clear and forceful. No, Chatgpt should not be anyone’s psychologist. And not because of the risk that artificial intelligence ends up leaving many people (who also), but because It is not trained to do so. To begin with, because it lacks any judgment.
Thus, at least the APA (the American Association of Psychology) has positioned themselves, who have denounced before the Federal Commerce Commission what are «deceptive practices.» They also talk about many cases of young people who are already beginning to present problems after using chatbots as if they were specialized psychologists, something that is not, of course.
«What catches my attention is the human that seems»says C. Vaile Wright, collegiate psychologist and senior director of the Office of Innovation in Medical Care of the APA. In this way they have collected it in Scientific Americanwhere they also show the growing concern for the matter. «Many people already fall into the trap,» they say.
A business model
From APA they insist that Chatgpt is not only not a reliable therapist, but remember that it is a business model. As such, Its intention is none other than users spend as many time as possible interacting with chatbotsThey say. To do this, the strategy they follow is as simple as inadequate: they flatter as much as possible.
The first thing a psychologist has to do, according to experts, is to explain to their patients when they are committing harmful or inappropriate acts. AI does just the opposite, encourage to continue behaving dangerously. And worst of all, they are convincing and apparently legitimate when, as they sentence, they are not at all.
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