On: Illinois limits the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy

[ceejayoz]

The point is simulating something isn't the same as having something.

[AlecSchueler → ceejayoz]

Well yes, that's a tautology. But is a simulation demonstrably less effective?

[ceejayoz → AlecSchueler]

> But is a simulation demonstrably less effective?

Yes?

If you go looking to psychopaths and LLMs for empathy, you're touching a hot stove. At some point, you're going to get burned.