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by jawerty 1167 days ago
Just to add to this: I see that you took it down for some valid reasons but don't be dismayed. This is a cool idea, probably not best to be implemented as a product to improve mental health but there's something here. If you find that this has been helping you personally then keep working on it. You may find what you end up building may not be the product you originally envisioned but solving a broader 'technical issue' around language models, perhaps in predicting emotion or understanding the sentiment behind the words.

Overall, I'm just saying often these personal projects don't translate to the public well at first. But eventually you fine tune it for yourself enough and find the true value in it. Then you figure out how to translate that to the public

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Thanks for this! It means a lot. It can be a little discouraging to hear criticisms when you've put a lot of thought and time into something that you hope can help people.

But I fully understand and appreciate the comments made by other posters.

I have put it back online with a disclaimer that must be acknowledged, and pointed out this is a research app not a substitute for therapy.

I hope that does enough to mitigate some of the risks, whilst allowing me to continue to work at making this a safer and more valuable resource. Whenever that may be, or not :)

That’s great to hear you found a positive path forward for the project. Keep it up!