[Author] is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger.
That's just like, your opinion dude.
Seriously though, it's an option piece from a freelancer. Opinions are not considered a form of evidence, nor is the author an expert in any field.
Softcore gilf porn created by an AI to sell state lottery tickets wasn't on my cards for 2024, but here we are.
Just hit him
Listen, I'm working my way through a bottle of Jamison whiskey as we speak and can barely understand what you're getting at. I read something about amnesia though, which reminded me of my aunt's exorcism, which also reminded me I still have fries i.N my toaster oven from earlier, so thanks. Good name btw.
I'm not sure why, but you seem to have posted this yesterday but it didn't show up until an hour ago. Your instance may be having some issues.
I do get where you're coming from with all that, but the act of going to therapy itself is an achievement a patient can benefit from, and should be considered from the start. If that truly isn't possible for someone, voice calls from a real therapist are a reasonable next step.
Also, the original question was, "Can AI replace therapists?". I can see some meaningful benefits coming from an AI assisting a therapist, but that's not what I was getting at. AI alone really just feels like a bandaid on a bullet wound, when applying pressure or a tourniquet is also available.
I think there's a good chance people will leave once Lemmy integrates with Threads. So if you time things wisely, you can probably get a good base of users to swap their coms to Sublinks.
What's your planned policy for karma? I know users hated it, but as a reddit mod I found it super useful to determine between a misinformed user and a troll. If your plan for mod tools is as good as you're saying, I wouldn't mind going back to modding.
CSAM is still unfortunately an issue on Lemmy. Just yesterday I had to contact an admin of the 2nd largest instance directly to get a post removed that had been up for several hours. Worst of all, it had more upvotes than downvotes. I do applaud the admin for taking action the minute I notified them, but it should never have been able to get that far.
Also, some of the issues involving Lemmy developers really remind me of major Minecraft servers back in the day lol. There's just an inability for the "helpers" to do much problem solving because of the lack of tools, and absolute reliance on the person at the top to take action. Even then, the person at the top doesn't always have the skill set necessary to solve the issues that arise.
I look forward to seeing how Sublinks goes, but without a good reason for users to migrate it could be dead on arrival.
Listen, putting 'Web Developer' isn't any worse than putting 'Software Engineer' in your tinder bio. Either way, you've fucked up.
Tbf, Brutus didn't go for a killing blow. He stabbed Caesar right in the dick. I'd say he deserved what he got.
“Traditional therapy requires me to physically go to a place, to drive, eat, get dressed, deal with people,”
YES! Those are the things therapy for anxiety and depression is supposed to help you with! If the AI "Therapist" won't help with those problems, it's not there to actually help you.
Eating, getting dressed, and talking with real people are all good things for your mental health. Typing on a keyboard doesn't help, otherwise we'd be the least depressed generation ever.
I messaged a user who kept posting dead bodies and their response was:
"I'm sorry" to say it but there's likely going to be a whole lot more of this posts very soon as famine is reaching critical levels in Gaza, so you might want to consider staying off the internet. Because I'm going to raise as much hell as possible about it.
Dude wouldn't even use the NSFW tag, and is only here to ignore rules and cause problems.
As someone who used to post OC, it's why I left. Nothing but OF spam bots and pics of pornstars. Reddit is somehow the better option, unfortunately.