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		SoftTalker 53 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Illinois limits the use of AI in therapy and psych... For human therapists, what’s good is that it preserves their ability to charge high fees because the demand for therapists far outstrips the supply. Who lobbied for this law anyway?

guappa 52 days ago [–]

And for human patients it makes sure their sensitive private information isn't entirely in the hands of some megacorp which will harvest it to use it and profit from it in some unethical way.

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