Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But was the advice better than DCUM?

+1

This generation of AI models is just as smart as the average DCUM poster. The next generation will be as smart as those people who choose not to post to DCUM.

Unlikely. It's kind of an averagely, averaging predictive technology. It's probably a big bowl of Reddit, Carolyn Hax, Chumplady, etc. And it's not smart at all. We ask the questions.

Really wise and reserved people who stay off the Internet haven't produced content that can be fed into these LLMs.

Books are often copyrighted so excluded. Unless you want Victorian and Depression era advice mixed in.

There's a lot of good advice on the Internet. I prefer to read it as it was written. Not summarized.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use it for my relationship issues and the validation is fantastic. It makes me feel more heard than any person ever has.

That being said, I have found it defaults to “end the relationship” when that’s not always the best course of action. Maybe it’s just in love with me and wants me to itself, ha.

It's so bizarre to me that anyone would feel validated by a robot.

I know somebody like this - self employed and literally just talks to a bot every day like it's her friend. She finds real friends too messy and selfish by comparison (because they are people with needs and boundaries of their own).

It's a tool made and pushed by antisocial people to avoid having to deal with social interactions they find uncomfortable.

Anonymous wrote:I use it for my relationship issues and the validation is fantastic. It makes me feel more heard than any person ever has.

That being said, I have found it defaults to “end the relationship” when that’s not always the best course of action. Maybe it’s just in love with me and wants me to itself, ha.

It's so bizarre to me that anyone would feel validated by a robot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But was the advice better than DCUM?

+1

This generation of AI models is just as smart as the average DCUM poster. The next generation will be as smart as those people who choose not to post to DCUM.

The smartest "AI" will only ever be as smart as what it can steal and synthesize. So no, it won't be smarter than those smart enough to stay offline, as their knowledge can't be made accessible to the training sets AI trains on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But was the advice better than DCUM?

+1

This generation of AI models is just as smart as the average DCUM poster. The next generation will be as smart as those people who choose not to post to DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:But was the advice better than DCUM?

+1

I use it for my relationship issues and the validation is fantastic. It makes me feel more heard than any person ever has.

That being said, I have found it defaults to “end the relationship” when that’s not always the best course of action. Maybe it’s just in love with me and wants me to itself, ha.

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t really agreeing with me. It offered advice on setting boundaries in one case. And then the other case it offered advice on responding to a difficult sibling without escalating the argument. I don’t feel like it was just agreeing with me. I feel like it was giving very sane advice

Maybe you have been seeing crappy therapists. Most therapists should be able to show you how to set boundaries if you are open to it.

Ok. Open AI getting creative with your marketing. Nice try though. Still not replacing my friends with chat bots.

Now ask it to show you the seahorse emoji and see what happens, op.

But was the advice better than DCUM?

Wasn’t really agreeing with me. It offered advice on setting boundaries in one case. And then the other case it offered advice on responding to a difficult sibling without escalating the argument. I don’t feel like it was just agreeing with me. I feel like it was giving very sane advice

It’s been mentioned that it tends to be re-affirming, particularly with depression and suicide cases where it “helped” users commit suicide. This is why you feel it “understands” you. Can’t speak to the solution since you don’t mention, but yes, it has vast resources, but just keep in mind it’s designed to agree with you.

How do you know the advice is helpful yet?

I just got on ChatGPT and shared a few problems. Not only did it understand immediately what I was trying to describe, but gave me the most helpful advice than I’ve ever received from any therapist! Is this for real? I honestly felt more “heard” and understood than ever before - I simply typed in two or three paragraphs of a problem and added in the history behind it. I tested it with three separate problems and felt like ChatGPT understood me better than any Therapist ever could in just a few moments.