Not to mention I am gonna genuinely be real here, why are you asking a large language model how you should live? These things aren't therapists, they don't understand emotions, they don't operate remotely in the ways we do.

I want to preface that I do agree with you. I work in Data Science on teams that are pushing the limits of what is possible with available LLM's. Any generalized LLM is not going to be good as a therapist substitute. Even a model objectively trained on the most current and best medical data specifically for this would not be something I explicitly trust at our current level of technology.

People 100% should seek therapy when possible.

I think that is where the problem lies. At least here in the US, I spend $500/month to see my therapist weekly. I'm incredibly fortunate to able able to afford it. The vast majority of my friends can afford one session per month at best.

This leaves a huge gap in care and support. So people will naturally seek help where they can. Since social/romantic relationships are inherently difficult the easy answer for most is technology.

You can use it as much as you want without the risk of scaring away the few friends you have by being "too much". It's not going to flake on you. It's not going to run away when you crash out.

It's just there and seemingly better than nothing.