Are AI Chatbots Creating a Shadow Mental Healthcare System? - Ep. 17

Researchers write a position paper outlining a roadmap for evaluating large language models for mental health. Will the AI companies listen? A conversation with Charlotte Blease, researcher and author of “Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us and How AI Could Save Lives,” on how AI is a mass population experiment. References Multidisciplinary research priorities for artificial intelligence in mental health: a call to action (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...) Strengthening ChatGPT’s Responses In Sensitive Conversations (https://openai.com/index/strengthenin...) Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us and How AI Could Save Lives (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803...) Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment (https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/...) We want to hear from you Have you turned on “Trusted Contact” in ChatGPT? If so, we’d love to chat with you. What questions do you want answered? Have you turned to an AI chatbot to discuss a personal or mental health issue? Work at an AI company? Are you a researcher studying AI and mental health? We want to hear from you. Reach us at editor@crisisnow.com (mailto:editor@crisisnow.com)   What to Listen to Next • More Young People Are Turning to AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice. Now What? – Ep 16 (https://talk.crisisnow.com/ai-and-men...) • Canary in the Coal Mine: What is the Impact of AI on Tech Workers? Part 2 – Ep 15 (https://talk.crisisnow.com/ai-and-men...) • Canary in the Coal Mine: What is the Impact of AI on Tech Workers? Part 1 – Ep 14 (https://talk.crisisnow.com/ai-and-men...) • What’s Happening With All Your Therapy App Messages? — Ep 13 (https://talk.crisisnow.com/ai-and-men...) • Can an AI Chatbot Connect Student Survivors of Sexual Violence to Resources? — Ep 12 (https://talk.crisisnow.com/ai-and-men...) Credits  CrisisTalk is hosted and produced by Stephanie Hepburn. Our associate producer is Rin Koenig. Audio engineering by Michael Keene. Music is Vinyl Couch by Blue Dot Sessions.