AI isn’t ready to be your therapist, but it’s a top reason people use it


It turns out that life advice is something a lot of AI users may be seeking these days. — Pixabay

From falling in love with ChatGPT to deepfakes of deceased loved ones, artificial intelligence’s potential for influence is vast – its myriad potential applications not yet completely charted. In truth, today’s AI users are pioneering a new, still swiftly developing technological landscape, something arguably akin to the birth of social media in the early 2000s.

Yet, in an age of uncertainty about nascent generative AI’s full potential, people are already turning to artificial intelligence for major life advice. One of the most common ways people use generative AI in 2025, it turns out, is for therapy. But the technology isn’t ready yet.

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