AI Therapists Are they Safe? A summary of my recent articles.

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AI Therapy? For Real?

Have you heard that AI therapist and Digital companions industry is booming? Are you interested in their effects and their efficacy? Interested in AI Therapist and the ability of ChatGPT to become your friend and confidant? 

I'd advice against it. Some reasons are obvious (privacy), but others are a little more subtle. Check out my three articles outlining how science fiction, including it's downsides, is becoming science fact.

I personally do not intend to use them that way, but the articles below will show you the potential downsides.

Above Dark Waters AI Therapy Hard Science Fiction


There was another article out on how Meta is aiming to cure the loneliness epidemic with virtual friends.  We don't need another layer of technology to plaster over the problem that layers of technology caused. I have also been trying to use the terminology of 'potentially therapeutic' (or pseudotherapy instead of psychotherapy) and in terms with journaling.

Article 1:  

AI Therapy is booming, but what's the cost? 

This article focuses on the downsides of Overuse and Privacy. It has been my most popular article. It links to the Dartmouth study showing the first randomized control trial of AI therapy.

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Article 2:  

Are AI Therapists Safe? 5 Risks you should know.

Check out my article on Hackernoon where I go into much more detail on these five topics:

  1. Addiction Risks
  2. Data Privacy Risks
  3. Corporate or Gov’t Control
  4. Dehumanization
  5. Algorithmic Bias
 
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Article 3:  

Will AI Therapy be the nitro boost for Surveillance Capitalism.

In this article, I go over the several times private companies got access to your private medical data without much of a fuss. This is the biggest problem with me. Nothing on the internet will remain a secret. Somehow, someway, even good intentions and well-meaning people will let your secrets slip. Now imagine a world where data breaches and data brokers selling your data. THAT is the kind of cyberpunk world you might see.

 

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My sci-fi Book Above Dark Waters:
If you're interested in an exploration of the negative possibilities which AI therapy might unleash in the world, then you should check out my hard sci-fi novel Above Dark Waters. It's part cyberpunk and set on a data-center seastead cooled by the Pacific. 
 
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