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Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists
(www.booker.senate.gov)
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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Honestly, that's a really sketchy thing to do. But if someone is really listening to an ai chatbot for therapy, then they've got bigger problems in their lives.
So it’s okay to make it worse?
No? I'm just saying that it's unreasonable to trust chatbots to do anything properly, certainly not with one's mental health. If someone is listening to an ai chatbot for therapy, they probably don't have good friends, and certainly not the money for legitimate therapy.
I mean, not everyone knows how these systems work so it’s not unreasonable to expect someone to believe the marketing.
You’re right the issues go deeper than just AI systems, but the fake AI therapists are not helping.
Yeah those people without the money or friends should just not be heard /s