[PragmaticPulp]

> Even in the absence of AI, what's stopping this friend from going to a quack 'natural therapist'?

It takes a lot of time, effort, and money to shop around to numerous doctors until you can find someone who will tell you exactly what you want to hear about your alternative medicine theories. He tried, but was always complaining about the doctors/naturopaths.

But at home, all he had to do was open ChatGPT and spend a few days learning how to prompt it to provide the answers he wanted.

The situations are entirely different.