When covid hit, and we all were confined to our gulags, my insurance company sent me a letter explaining that we could use a telehealth based phone therapy for free in lieu of therapy. So, my youngest daughter tried it out after breaking up with her boyfriend. Turns out it was an AI based therapist. So, I called it to see what it was about. After a few minutes of having a bit of fun with the AI, it started asking me questions, as if "I" were the therapist and the robot was the patient. It kept wanting to know if this or that sounded more natural.
Soon after, it was discontinued, but there were reports that it was giving callers dealing with suicidal tendencies advice on how to kill themselves. Terrible, just awful stuff.
I don't think that the forum member I was conversing with was an AI. I think that AI would have changed tautologies as they became contingent, instead of just repeating in the same frustrating loop. But hey, what do I know, maybe it is just defective AI?
