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by jasondigitized 15 days ago
Just to poke, is a decent AI better than a bad therapist? A bad therapist will absolutely wreck someone's life.
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I was going to shoot that guy, so I'm not sure why he's complaining about being stabbed
That's a false equivalence. The fact that the question is sparking a strong emotional response should indicate its pointing at something real and worth discussing
it's not, the question was "is this bad thing better than another bad thing" and was structuring it as a false dichotomy because the answer is "neither are better"
"Is a diet of McDonald's healthier than a salad that has shards of glass in it? Is McDonald's maybe healthy? Just asking questions."
Yes. Answer to your question