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Even when I'm on vacation, I'm thinking about AI. I had the opportunity to spend several days in various parts of Utah this past week; it was a welcome pause amidst my ongoing endeavors to spend time in reflection. I'm thinking about how AI is impacting our society, our relationships, and ... |
I think AI should be a group sport.
I think it should be community-oriented.
I think it should be a social experience.
Why?
Because when it's kept secret it has the potential to cultivate delusions, grandiosity, and separation from reality (๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด...
AI *๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ* the largest provider of mental health support in the US, according to a recent survey.
Check out LLM mental health usage by the numbers:
โพ ๐ฐ๐ต% of users with a self-reported mental health condition use LLMs for emotional support
โพ ๐ณ๐ฏ% for anxiety
โพ ๐ฒ๐ฏ% for advice
โพ ๐ฒ๐ฌ% for depression
โพ ๐ฑ๐ด% fo...
These are the minimum baseline requirements for the safe and ethical development and design of AI systems:
- Clear consent and disclosures:
Remind users this is a tool, not a real person; shared information is not confidential
- Crisis intervention protocols:
Implement multi-layered safeguar...
๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ "๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐"โฆwhat do I do?
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Iโm sitting with more and more therapists who are reaching out to me with this question- how do I approach this client who is presenting with delusions, grandiosity, and separation from reality in relation to AI?
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One lens that I appro...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐ป'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.
Every technology that promises connection has this shadow side. Social media taught us to perform rather than relate. Dating apps turned relationships ...
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ "๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐"?
The rise of AI chatbots has revealed a fundamental misunderstanding about what therapy actually entails. Many people assume it's something akin to paid advice. It isn't.
True therapy is the sacred act of holding space for another human soul. It is the artful dance betwee...
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป...
Instead of "Can AI be a therapist?" let's ask: "How can AI use mental health knowledge without claiming therapeutic identity?"
The distinction matters profoundly. A therapist is a licensed professional who forms relationships, processes trauma, and holds eth...
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ:
Even though Ai canโt feel, people ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ like it can ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ, and that matters more.
โช๏ธ 49% of those who use Ai engage it for therapeutic support
โช๏ธ 20 million people engage in synthetic relationships on Character Ai every month
โช๏ธ Romantic role-playing is the seco...
If you're afraid AI therapy chatbots will replace you...have I got a reframe for you.
Buckle up because therapists are going to be needed more than ever.
As millions (!) of people are bonding with AI, there is unique need and new language around the AI-dependence that is emerging.
Mental health ...
๐๐๐๐ญ๐: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐.
How we think about human-AI interaction was forever changed back in 1966 when Joseph Weizenbaum developed ELIZA.
ELIZA's script was designed to mimic a Rogerian psychotherapist, using Carl Rogers' person-centered approach.
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐?
He pioneered person-centered t...
๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐-๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ
Weโre moving from โpullโ interactions (pulling out a phone, launching an app, summoning information) to โpushโ layers, where information surrounds us, flows to us, and fades in and out of awareness based on context.
In this post-iPhone world, the smartphone does...