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More than 6 out of 10 people turn to AI for psychological support

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Re: More than 6 out of 10 people turn to AI for psychological support

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Post by Barrin92 »

>"Respondents report spending an average of 5.1 hours a day on screens during the week (excluding working and studying hours and excluding weekends), with screen time rising to 6.4 hours in the Philippines and Thailand.

Two out of three people believe that this exposure has several negative, even if moderate, effects on their mental health."

5-6 hours excluding work and study is mental. I know "touching grass" isn't exactly a professional treatment plan, but instead of spending more time in front of a screen to fix mental health issues have we tried prescribing people to actually go out?

If you're working eight hours, sleep seven, and maybe spend an hour or two cooking and doing daily chores, there's not even enough time left to exercise. no shit it's having a bad effect on their mental health, most of these people don't need a therapist, they need sunlight and their phone taken from them

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Post by cm2012 »

randycupertino wrote: post #8

I recently had to do a very hated, very tedious, very long, very boring task at work and I asked Claude to hype me up and give me a pep talk to conquer the task and it really did a great job. Then I got nervous if IT reads our prompts and felt very sheepish if they would be seeing my asking it that.

I love this and think it is a great use of the tech

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Post by erelong »

dvt wrote: post #2

I'm not a psychologist or a mental health professional, but I think that this might serve a similar purpose as journaling. It's obvious that AI can't "fix your problems," but just writing stuff down can help us process.

I call it "interactive journaling"

Re: More than 6 out of 10 people turn to AI for psychological support

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Post by erelong »

It's helpful tbh fam but I have no diagnosed issues, just ask for casual wellness ideas like a search engine (when compared to a search engine the headline is less surprising to me - "more than 6 out of 10 people search online for psychological support")

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Post by squirrellous »

I think there are situations where AI is good for quick advice, provided you _also_ have a professional to talk to if needed. I sometimes seek advice about dealing with difficult colleagues, or ask for opinions about things I said at work while a little emotional. These don’t affect my personal life that much so the stakes are lower.

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Post by jkubicek »

ai_critic wrote: post #23

Is anyone actually surprised? The baseline empathy and emotional intelligence of people, both online and offline, has absolutely tanked--I think Covid was the epoch, but arguably going a lot farther back since then. People are just shitty .

I’m surprised that 6 out of 10 people even use AI, let alone that many people use it as a therapist.

Re: More than 6 out of 10 people turn to AI for psychological support

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Post by j45 »

ai_critic wrote: post #23

Is anyone actually surprised? The baseline empathy and emotional intelligence of people, both online and offline, has absolutely tanked--I think Covid was the epoch, but arguably going a lot farther back since then. People are just shitty .

It increased generally with social media adoption and the installation of a screen between a person and their people.

Being more loosely connected may not be a substitute for the meaningful connection, both as a skill to learn, and participate in

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