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  • Oct 29, 2026, 3:25 PM

    @sbrudenell We need to call on national orgs (I'm going to send a letter to APA) to make clear statements about the ethics of these tools and specific guidance for providers. Though I do worry a bit that if we do that they'll come back with "Actually this is fine" (see APA taking a decade to declare that psychologists engaging in torture of war prisoners is actually not ok)

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  • Oct 29, 2026, 3:27 PM

    @sbrudenell Right now, APA has a statement out but that guidance explicitly says it's permissible for psychologists to work to develop AI for psychology tasks as long as we follow the rest of the ethics code while we do it. Which IMO leaves way too much gray area.

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  • Oct 29, 2026, 3:39 PM

    @dramypsyd I'm in software. I share those feelings. based on my experience, you can count on large organizations to say "we're taking a cautious approach to AI (so go ahead and use this AI product! the company told us it's fine)"

    I've had luck convincing non technical people of technical truths by appealing to their personal values. what do you value about being a therapist, that's put at risk by AI ingesting notes?

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