"Hey ChatGPT. Please tell me how I'll know if I'm accepting my anxiety or avoiding it."
"Hey ChatGPT. When I get anxious my vision gets weird. Can anxiety do that? "
"Hello Reddit. Does anyone else feel like ...."
The guys are back after a short break to talk about the use of ChatGPT, AI, Reddit, Google, and the Internet in general in the context of anxiety and mental health issues.
There's no doubt that large language models - software that aggregates extremely large amounts of information found on the Internet and in libraries and huge databases - are here to stay. But while AI bots and engines like ChatGPT are sometimes quite impressive and can even present themselves as human, we do have to be mindful of how we're using these new tools as we work toward overcoming chronic and disordered forms of anxiety.
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If you want to use AI or online tools to help you get better, this episode is probably worth a listen.
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