Very relevant topic! There is much chatter among mental health professionals who feel threatened by and are concerned about the growing use of chatGPT as a therapist. They are worried about their job stability, and recognize the shortcomings of a robot therapist (many of which you point out). I personally think we can have both. If my client wants to ask ChatGPT in between sessions about how to handle certain conversations, or for a list of strategies to help them build a new healthy lifestyle habit, or to suggest a book they and their partner can read to improve their relationship, I'm all for that. What concerns me most is the general, increasing human disconnection, as we tune in more to screens and devices and tune out other humans and the natural world. And all of this starts from birth - parents tethered to their phones, handing young children iPads to keep them quiet, etc. As you point out, Prunella, machines cannot (yet) mimic consciousness, but I often think about how these "digital native" generations are sort of being cultivated in an environment that lacks a higher consciousness. In my own posts I talk about lack of critical, nuanced, long-term, broader thinking, that I witness among therapists, educators, doctors, parents, politicians, etc. AI is a part of this superficial paradigm I think.
Yes, I agree! And as you've pointed out before, you don't know what you don't know. What if digital natives don't understand emotions as a vital part of that consciousness wiring and simply as distractions to be numbed?
Very relevant topic! There is much chatter among mental health professionals who feel threatened by and are concerned about the growing use of chatGPT as a therapist. They are worried about their job stability, and recognize the shortcomings of a robot therapist (many of which you point out). I personally think we can have both. If my client wants to ask ChatGPT in between sessions about how to handle certain conversations, or for a list of strategies to help them build a new healthy lifestyle habit, or to suggest a book they and their partner can read to improve their relationship, I'm all for that. What concerns me most is the general, increasing human disconnection, as we tune in more to screens and devices and tune out other humans and the natural world. And all of this starts from birth - parents tethered to their phones, handing young children iPads to keep them quiet, etc. As you point out, Prunella, machines cannot (yet) mimic consciousness, but I often think about how these "digital native" generations are sort of being cultivated in an environment that lacks a higher consciousness. In my own posts I talk about lack of critical, nuanced, long-term, broader thinking, that I witness among therapists, educators, doctors, parents, politicians, etc. AI is a part of this superficial paradigm I think.
Yes, I agree! And as you've pointed out before, you don't know what you don't know. What if digital natives don't understand emotions as a vital part of that consciousness wiring and simply as distractions to be numbed?