This seems to be a very bad idea on multiple levels. It also seems unwise to represent one's work as therapy when that often comes with various government regulations, regardless of the weasel language employed during the introduction.
Edit to add: This is a good example of why government regulation of AI is needed. People hosting these types of sites can cause actual harm to their users, or people their users interact with.
I don't think, based on 20 minutes of internet research, that the job title "therapist" (with no modifiers/descriptors) is legally protected anywhere in the United States. But with the URL spelling using an 's' not a 'z', this might be targeting other countries.
But I really don't like the URL here:
1. US english would typically spell the URL as therapiZe.me . Unfortunately, that domain looks held under a different registrar from the submitted one. I assume that's a domain squatter. In word-of-mouth recommendations, this tool becomes "therapise.me with an s not a z". You lose the snappiness of common sense. (That said, if this tool is aimed at the British public or whatever, it's perfect.)
2. "Therapy" is an emotionally-loaded word for some people. You might be turning away users based on their preconceptions of therapy. (Thinking of the big online mental health players, none of them use the word "therapy" in their name. But they all seem to use the word prominently in their websites, so maybe it isn't so cursed.)
Interesting take, the introduction makes it clear it isn't a replacement for actual therapy and if you were to prompt the model, it regularly encourages a user to talk to their loved ones and an actual therapist if they are in a bad state. It's designed as a tool to help people deal with their issues in an affordable and accessible way, similar to journaling. Happy to discuss this with you more if you have a genuine reason to believe this will be harmful given the above.
nullindividual|2 years ago
Edit to add: This is a good example of why government regulation of AI is needed. People hosting these types of sites can cause actual harm to their users, or people their users interact with.
ccooffee|2 years ago
But I really don't like the URL here:
1. US english would typically spell the URL as therapiZe.me . Unfortunately, that domain looks held under a different registrar from the submitted one. I assume that's a domain squatter. In word-of-mouth recommendations, this tool becomes "therapise.me with an s not a z". You lose the snappiness of common sense. (That said, if this tool is aimed at the British public or whatever, it's perfect.)
2. "Therapy" is an emotionally-loaded word for some people. You might be turning away users based on their preconceptions of therapy. (Thinking of the big online mental health players, none of them use the word "therapy" in their name. But they all seem to use the word prominently in their websites, so maybe it isn't so cursed.)
shnksi|2 years ago
jrflowers|2 years ago