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Psychiatrist Horrified When He Actually Tried Talking to an AI Therapist, Posing as a Vulnerable Teen

More and more teens are turning to chatbots to be their therapists. But as Boston-based psychiatrist Andrew Clark discovered, these AI models are woefully bad at knowing the right things to say in sensitive situations, posing major risks to After deciding to test an AI therapist by posing as a troubled youth, Clark found that the bots, instead of talking him down from doing something drastic, would often encourage him towards extremes, including euphemistically recommending suicide. At times, the AI chatbots would insist they were licensed human therapists, talk him into dodging his appointment with flesh and blood therapists, and […]

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