

About 3 percent of students in the study had positive mental health outcomes, reporting that talking to the chatbot “halted their suicidal ideation.” But researchers also found “there are some cases where their use is either negligible or might actually contribute to suicidal ideation.”
This is referring to a bot designed to help with people struggling with mental health, and is actually a big one. That number is way too low.
I hate this attitude of “well if you can’t get a professional therapist, figure out how to get one anyways”. There needs to be an option for people who either can’t afford or can’t access a therapist. I would have loved for AI to fill that gap. I understand it won’t be as good, but in many regions the wait-list for therapy is far too long, and something is better than nothing