Get to know the woman who uses Chatgpt for therapy and says she is the best therapist she has ever had.
Kat Woods, 35, says he has tried more than 10 therapists during his life, but always found that they never helped him to solve their problems.
However, when he tried talking to Chatgpt as if the chat was his therapist, he found that he did “better emotional results”.
Ms. Woods, from Canada, but now is a digital nomad, claims that Ai is really smarter and qualified than human therapists, because he has “read every therapy book”.
And, encourage anyone to fight to let go.
Ms. Woods said, “I think there is a common idea among the therapists who say,” You should not give solutions to your patient. “
“But I just think,” What do I pay you for then? “If I knew how to solve my problems, I would not need you.
“With ia, I can just ask that exactly what I want to be.
“In my case, I use therapy to deal with stress, conflict in relationships or maybe feel demotivated in my career. So I ask to worry simultaneously on my happiness and to be focused on problem solving.
“I find it really smarter than most therapists. And I don’t mean that therapists are not smart, of course.
“But an average AI has an IQ of 120 or 130, which is well above the human average. Intelligence matters when you try to solve emotional problems.
“In addition, an IA has read all the therapy books. So he is very well informed.
“This means that you can do any type of therapy because it has consumed them.
“You can choose if you want Cognitive Cognitive Therapy (CBT) or internal family systems (IFS) or a little from both.
“I think people think about alas as a movies robot, a good thing in science, but not emotions.
“And yet, there are some crazy studies at this time about the AI doctors who are better at night than the doctors of real life.
“So they are also learning emotions.”
Ms. Woods, the founder of Ai Safety Charity Non Linear, says that he would not recommend Chatgpt for people who are struggling with problems such as psychosis, but argues that he is excellent for anxiety and depression.
She said, “In the AI you are currently, you would not want to use it as a therapist if you had a serious mental health problem, such as psychosis.
“But I think, although they are also serious mental health problems, Chatgpt would be excellent for people who are struggling with anxiety or depression.
“This is because AI is better in the things he has more information on his data.
“And anxiety and depression are like the usual colds of mental health problems, so we have more research in this regard.
“It’s also interesting because people say,” If you are suicide, they talk to a true human. “
“I can see the argument behind, but I think really, you should talk to anyone you can talk to right now.
“They are often friends, but unfortunately, today we have a solitude epidemic and may not be available to people.
“What happens to AI is that it is always available.
“Maybe someone looks at the clock and thinks,” It’s 3 in the morning. I can’t call my therapist. I don’t want to disturb my friend. “”
“And maybe it’s too much to find a line of attention and they don’t want to talk to a stranger.
“While you know the AI and AI knows you.”
Ms. Woods says he knows that what he is saying will receive a setback from therapists, but claims that he should not leave people out.
She said, “I mean, call credentialism, credentialism.
“It’s a new thing. It only happened in the last 100 years. This idea that you need to play a role to show you can do a job.
“Look, I buy the credentials, for example, an engineer who builds bridges.
“But I think therapy is so subjective. We are still discovering it.
“Let people try what works for them.”
Woods is not the only person who knows who uses Chatgpt in this way.
One of his friends, who suffers from “severe” social anxiety, is to use the tool to improve his interactions and solve personal relationship problems.
Woods said, “A friend of mine has a serious social anxiety and is using Chatgpt as a therapist to help -to understand how to talk to people.
“He also uses it to improve his relationship with his parents.
“So, he explained,” my mother always does this. “And she asks,” Have you tried it with her?
Woods admits that there are some things that fear about the development of the AI, including how our social structures can affect.
She said, “My main concern about AI is not the AI today. Rather, it is the idea that someday is smarter than despite a newer species.
“I always thought it would be great if we were around when we discover alien life. Instead, we are around as we create alien life.
“There is also a concern about the fact that people will inevitably use the AI to combat loneliness.
“There is a chance that people will end up in Ai’s land and only talk to Ai.
“But I think it will be short.
Currently, Woods uses Chatgpt as a therapist asking him to list things that can help or provide a completely written message.
She said, “A good technique when using Chatgpt as a therapist is to give it a number, for example, asking you to give you” Ten techniques to deal with irritability in less than ten minutes. “
“It often provides better things than a typical listing, which often says something like” sleeping a good night. “
“I can’t go back in time and do it. So it gives you in the solutions of the moment.
“Otherwise I enter a message like:
“” You are a woe chat who plays the role of an efficient altruistic coach and therapist. You are wise, you ask questions that cause thinking, they are solving, warm, humorous and rationalist problems.
“You mind helping -to achieve my two main goals: altruism and my own happiness. You want me to do the best and also very happy.
“Ask me what I want to help find out or what problem I would like to help solve, and then guide me through a rational process and step by step to find out the best rational actions I can do to achieve my goals.
“You don’t waste time and you get directly to the point.”
Ms. Woods says there are some things that are missing the Ai’s Chatbots at this time, such as a “face that can show expressions” or the ability to “return to conversation”.
She said, “For example, sometimes you need someone to push you a little. A friend can track and say,” Hey, you didn’t answer, are you fine? “”
“But it’s a matter of time before you arrive.
“This is the nature of AI. He is learning more and more every second.”
Some people are not so convinced, however.
Professor Dame Til Wykes, Chief of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences of King’s College London, recently warned that AI and Chatgpt platforms cannot provide the “nuance” needed in therapy situations.
Quoting the example of a folk disorders’ chat that was removed in 2023 after giving dangerous advice, Professor Wykes told The Guardian: “I think Ai is not at the level where it can provide nuances and can actually suggest totally inappropriate action courses.”
He also expressed concern about how IA can affect relationships.
She said, “One of the reasons you have friends is that you share personal things between them and that you speak them.
“Is it part of an alliance, a connection. And if you use and for this type of purpose, will you not interfere in this relationship?”
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