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I swore off AI assistants until a stranger at the coffee shop told me how one calms his nerves.
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paul3316mo ago
Hold on, @susan304, when you said a patient bot is less stressful than a human, that's wild to me. I get the idea of practicing tough talks alone, but calling that help feels like a cop-out. Real support means dealing with actual people who can mess up but also show real care. That stranger's story about calming nerves with a bot just sounds like avoiding the hard work of human connection. A script can't adapt to your real pain or offer genuine comfort when you're falling apart. Trusting a bot with deep stuff like PTSD seems risky and kinda sad.
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susan3046mo ago
I read a piece last month about the Veterans Affairs office testing a chatbot to help with PTSD. The idea was it gives people a place to practice tough conversations anytime, without the fear of judgment from a real person. It's like having a script run through before the big show. That stranger's story kind of tracks, sometimes you just need to word-vomit your anxiety into the void. A patient bot is probably less stressful than dealing with a human who has their own messy feelings.
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iris9406mo ago
Yeah Paul's "script" comment is sending me. Scripts are great until the bot hits you with "please state the nature of your emotional emergency" like it's a spaceship computer.
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