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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
I think the preying part of therapy is that there's just no defined stop condition. There's no such thing as "healthy" in mental health. You get chemo until you go into remission or you die. You take blood pressure meds until you have a better lifestyle and body composition and don't need them anymore, etc. There's no analogue for "you're healthy now, go away so I can help others", and so therapy goes on forever until the patient stops for whatever reason.

>>naaski+Tj1
I think you're mistaken, at least in a lot of cases. All CBT based therapies I've had have started with a clear discussion about what the problem is, and what the solution looks like in terms of my happiness and mental well-being. In all cases, my therapist has "graduated" me, telling me that they don't think I need to continue (or having me say that I'm comfortable now stopping regular therapy).

CBT and its derivatives very strongly attend to individual effectiveness and view therapy that goes on endlessly as a sign that the real problem isn't being addressed, and that no therapy is considered effective unless it ends. Individual therapists might be bad actors, but the field itself is now admirably focussed on finite, positive results.

>>fatbir+Bg2
Sounds like a great improvement, but I would hesitate to call it the norm. The therapy industry is booming.