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Blanket characterization of regulation, as malicious barriers to AI adoption, creates the perfect smoke screen to deflect discussion of the actual problems we are seeing.

The law you linked to prohibits firms from using AI to provide therapy, this doesn’t stop people from doing it anyway. It’s a far cry from saying that knowledge workers are rushing to erect legal barriers to AI adoption.

A large number of knowledge workers are busy trying to increase adoption of AI, a behavior at odds with your claim.

That this argument is made, in a forum populated by knowledge workers, is ironic.



What problem does preventing companies from providing AI back mental health services does this legislation provide except?

> protecting the jobs of Illinois’ thousands of qualified behavioral health providers


Are you unaware that genAI tools reaffirm beliefs of people in manic or delusional states?




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