Gen xer wondering about online AI therapy after turning 50.
Posted by PizzaWhole9323@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 0 comments
Okay I could use a device from the gang. So I'm at work. I teach autistic students job skills. And I am trying to learn how to use copilot to help me make doing stuff like little things like flyers a little easier. It is not going well and I am frustrated and I tell copilot I'm about ready to just quit and I'm done with this day. It then asks if I want to switch to Gemini to talk about it. Okay gang this gave me pause. On the one hand I would have an AI therapist in my pocket that I could at least use as a sounding board, you know spitballing ideas and such. But on the other hand where does the information go. And I don't mean just to Google I mean in the greater scheme of things. I'm teaching my students about Internet safety and how not to show pictures of themselves online in their undies and you know the usual. But what happens if I start talking to Gemini about my divorce. What happens if I start talking to Gemini about things that happened when I was a kid. This is really freaking seductive. It's not the is it sentient or not or the robots are going to take over argument. It is a HIPAA argument. It seems like they've done an end run around the entire system that is supposed to keep us safe in the event of a psychiatric emergency where we have to talk to someone. I don't see any guarantees that any of this is ever not going to be put to some nefarious use. I don't just mean training AI. That's problematic enough in itself. I mean the abuse I suffered from a teacher when I was young being splashed all over the Internet somehow in the next 20 years. Or my employer being able to use it against me if I talk about them to a chatbot. If I talk to a therapist or a licensed counselor about problems at my job. It's protected by HIPAA it's locked up. My boss can't touch me for saying that I'm having problems or not having problems behind that closed door. I'm not trying to get flamed I just am trying to ask a very specific basic question. Do you guys think it's safe to use the AI'S like Gemini and Chat GPT for therapy purposes? Would you as a member of the gen x community ever use something like this and if you do how do you find it?
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