Is ChatGPT therapy dangerous?

The world is going nuts these days. People yearn for a mental break. What happens when we ask ChatGPT to be our therapist? It's cheap, accessible, quick. Nothing could possibly go wrong... until it does. So, what's the alternative?

Sources
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/365153.365168
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/01/trends-pathways-access-mental-health-care
https://www.yahoo.com/news/creators/lifestyle/story/sam-altman-warns-your-chatgpt-logs-could-land-in-court-135848154.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEUOxXzZkdpi51XHMCXFYgdeJkZRlkAr3aGDVobRN_25ehL-6mr0ydzsW2x0MkhBsPqpLs9WNNQUdkdqC5OfM3pP5f_3VNhItglxP4reaXf9gz9DsAPdJJ9k1Hzm5Q_qKE8bCWExwVudc55toGL2v8Z5LRCUYx2xidQYTePtu9hf
https://www.apaservices.org/practice/business/technology/artificial-intelligence-chatbots-therapists
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/exploring-the-dangers-of-ai-in-mental-health-care
https://openai.com/policies/row-privacy-policy/

Timestamps
1:57 - Current mental health situation
2:26 - The first chatbot. The Eliza effect
3:17 - Cleverbot
4:21 - Why AI just agrees with you
6:35 - What happens to your data?
7:39 - Who's most at risk?
8:46 - How to safely use AI for mental health?