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This is actually pretty great. I tried to approach it as if I was in therapy, and it was surprisingly good until it started being agreeable about suicide. But even that seemed pretty balanced compared to how I've seen therapists react.

My life was ruined by a psychiatrist that only wanted to push pills, but was also happy to pretend to be a good psychotherapist. I blindly trusted her because she was a professional and I didn't have any frame of reference. Talking to other mental health professionals about my experience, what that psychiatrist told me has been called bad advice, unethical, and even malpractice.

I think for front-line mental health counseling AI chatbots will be better that lots human therapists. Especially once non-verbal communication starts being monitored (body poses, microexpressions, etc).

There may always be a need for human experts to intervene, as with all fields that will be impacted by AI. But a good AI may be better than a bad human therapist. I wish I had used this chatbot years ago instead of seeing a random psychiatrist. I'd have made better life choices, and saved a ton of money on therapy.

[Norvin_Chan]

Thanks for the feedback - I hope BB was of some help!

Let me look into the agreeability of suicide :/ that is a red flag that I thought I had sufficient safeguards for but it is still something I need to work on.

I think BB really serves as a friend that you can discuss deep things with most of his responses falling on the non-judgmental and kind side of things. BB is really not meant to replace a human therapist, but as you said, it is possible for a good AI to outperform the worst therapists. I view it just as the same as how a good human friend can do better for your well-being than an absolutely bad therapist!