People Are Eagerly Consulting Generative AI ChatGPT For Mental Health Advice, Stressing Out AI Ethics And AI Law

People Are Eagerly Consulting Generative AI ChatGPT For Mental Health Advice, Stressing Out AI Ethics And AI Law

Should we be using generative AI such as ChatGPT to get mental health advice? Some say this is a ... [+] slippery slope and an endangerment. Mental health has become a widespread topic nowadays. In the past, discussions concerning mental health were often hushed up or altogether swept under the rug. A gradual cultural change has led to openly considering mental health issues and eased qualms about doing so in publicly acknowledged ways. You might give some of the credit for this change in overarching societal attitudes as an outcome of the advent of easily accessed smartphone apps that aid your personal mindfulness and presumably spur you toward mental well-being. There are apps for mindfulness, ones for meditation, ones for diagnosing your mental health status, ones for doing mental health screening, and so on. A plethora of apps exist. Can we say that smartphone apps overtly led to openness about mental health? It admittedly is a bit of a chicken or an egg question. Did the openness toward mental health allow for the emergence of relevant smartphone apps, or did the mental well-being of smartphone apps drive society in the direction of being upfront about mental health? Maybe it was