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>>Jimmc4+(OP)
It is easy to point to loopy theories around superalignment, p(doom), etc. But you don't have to be hopped up on sci-fi to oppose something like GPT-4o. Low-latency response time is fine. The faking of emotions and overt references to Her (along with the suspiciously-timed relaxation of pornographic generations) are not fine. I suspect Altman/Brockman/Murati intended for this thing to be dangerous for mentally unwell users, using the exact same logic as tobacco companies.

>>nickle+491
One could also say that therapists prey on lonely people who pay them to talk to them and seem like they’re genuinely interested in them, when the therapist wouldn’t bother having a connection with these people once they stop paying. Which I suppose is true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view, sometimes people feel like they don’t have close friends or family to talk to and need something, even if it’s not a genuine love or friendship.

>>bnralt+Dg1
This is implying that therapy is nothing more than someone to talk to; if that’s your experience with therapy, then you should get another therapist.

>>kettro+rh1
It’s implying that this is the case for many people, not all. Which it is, in my experience. Particularly since the advice you gave:

> then you should get another therapist

Seems to be fairly ubiquitous. “Find a therapist you like”/“shop around”/etc. leads a lot of people to find people who will tell them what they want to hear. Sometimes what people want to hear is how to practice CBT - but in that case, such people are probably going to be using AI to work on CBT.

>>bnralt+mj1
Yeah I have found there is very little you get from therapy that you can't get from a mixture of journalling, learning CBT methods, having a routine (which includes regular exercise) and trying lots of different methods of making friends that you assess maturely for their reliability. Maybe meditation if you're into that. All of these things are free and require effort, personal effort and intention being what will actually improve your life anyway, whether you use therapy or not. This makes therapy seem like a scam for anything other than dealing with a very dire short period of isolation.