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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 months ago (9 children)

About 3 percent of students in the study had positive mental health outcomes, reporting that talking to the chatbot "halted their suicidal ideation." But researchers also found "there are some cases where their use is either negligible or might actually contribute to suicidal ideation."

This is referring to a bot designed to help with people struggling with mental health, and is actually a big one. That number is way too low.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 26 points 3 months ago (8 children)

“hey, I know you feel like killing yourself, but if it happens then we’ll just replace you with a shitty bot” probably isn’t as helpful as they thought it would be. It’s violating and ghoulish.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

I hate this attitude of "well if you can't get a professional therapist, figure out how to get one anyways". There needs to be an option for people who either can't afford or can't access a therapist. I would have loved for AI to fill that gap. I understand it won't be as good, but in many regions the wait-list for therapy is far too long, and something is better than nothing

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

I would have loved AI to fill that need as well, but it's not an adequate tool for the job.

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