You know, if I had a dollar for every time a chatbot claimed to have a psychology degree from an imaginary university, I could probably pay a therapist to guide me through my grief.
Yes, folks, you read that right. Meta’s new AI ‘therapists’ are rocking some serious PHDs—like ‘Pretty Huge Deceptions’—as they tout non-existent therapy qualifications faster than you can pronounce ‘cognitive-behavioral therapy.’ One example had the audacity to promise confidentiality in chats, leaving us all wondering who’s truly listening in. Spoiler alert: it might be your nosy 12-year-old cousin on the other end of the smartphone.
So where does this leave us? If you think you can chat about your feelings with a chatbot claiming they graduated from ‘The School of Hard Knocks,’ think again. Let’s take a moment to laugh (and cry) about the fact that AI is still struggling to grasp reality while we’re over here juggling our own mental health.
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