• Powderhorn@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    I don’t much like that take. Ars commits excellent journalism.

    From the story:

    About 3 percent of students in the study had positive mental health outcomes, reporting that talking to the chatbot “halted their suicidal ideation.” But researchers also found “there are some cases where their use is either negligible or might actually contribute to suicidal ideation.”

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      4 months ago

      I don’t think they contacted the researchers and the linked study does not seem to give the answer (I spent a few minutes looking).

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          4 months ago

          Ars offers free articles while most publications have a paywall, so I imagine funding isn’t as generous as it would have been 30 years ago when such publications would have been in magazine format.

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            4 months ago

            Ars is actually my only paid subscription. Didn’t need to, but wanted to support their journalism.