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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
GP's not saying that, what GP is saying is "good luck trying to talk to your therapist if you stop paying $$$".

I do think therapists are one of the professions that will be naturally displaced by LLMs. You're not paying them to be your friend (and they are usually very clear on that), so any sort of emotional connection is ruled out. If emotions are taken away, then it's just an input/output process, which is something LLMs excel at.

>>morale+wM1
I would argue the opposite: a good therapist isn't just offering back-and-forth conversation, they're bringing knowledge, experience and insight into the client after interacting with them. A good therapist understands when one approach isn't working and can shift to a different one; they're also self-reflective and very aware of how they're influencing the situation, and try to apply that intelligently. This all requires reflective and improvisational reasoning that LLMs famously can't do.

Put another way, a good therapist is professionally trained and consciously monitoring whether or not they're misleading you. An LLM has no executive function acting as a check on its input/output cycle.