Replika AI: Your Money or Your Wife

Re:Replika AI: Your Money or Your Wife by NBJack on Monday May 01, 2023 @12:01PM (#35774744)

The honest question is, is any of us willing to be that person? Therapists are helpful, but they certainly aren't friends in the strictest since.

And let's not forget that $70 bucks a year is probably, at best, 2-ish hours with a licensed therapist. There are plenty of folks in need that can't exactly spare double digits an hour on a regular basis.

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Re:Replika AI: Your Money or Your Wife by hammyhavoc on Monday May 01, 2023 @12:04PM (#35774799)

This is a relevant response to this from me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35774614

You've highlighted the problem: the American healthcare system and wealth inequality.

It's also silly to equate an LLM with the capabilities of an actual human therapist.

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Re:Replika AI: Your Money or Your Wife by iudqnolq on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @07:28AM (#35785946)

You're right if the LLM is worse than a human, better than nothing, and not harmful. That's a big assumption.

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