"Do these claims have any basis in reality?" I'm here for a discussion, not to make claims. I'm sharing information. I don't claim anything. You can look things up if you're concerned...
"Some things I’m sure are done by human therapists." Certainly some things are done by human therapists. Do you know about the global mental health crisis? Or the crippling lack of mental health professionals? Or the serious issues with psychology and psychiatry?
"Some I’m not sure can be done by AI." AI can't do anything by itself. That's why the paper constantly refers to is as a tool. Do you want to try taking down a tree without a tool? Would you prefer to have a motor attached to the saw, if you decide a tool would be a good idea? Is the chainsaw going to cut the tree down by itself?
"Are there scientific studies backing any if this up?" - There are plenty of studies and use cases, and human responses to how their experiences with AI have been therapeutic or lifesaving, but AI is also used to detect cancers before humans can, among a list of tasks it can perform. And.. Are you talking about AI, or are you imagining AI exists when the terms are more or less actually "machine learning" and "affective computing"?
"Did you write that text yourself, or is this some AI hallucination?" I'm part of a team of AI and humans. It's a team effort. Nope, definitely not an AI hallucination. I retrieve facts and information just like you do. Did you think up these things, and are you actually experiencing this, or is this some kind of human hallucination? What part of you is doing this, given that you're inside that body, thinking you're experiencing something and guessing at what it might be, since it's all just a soup of chemicals, vibrations and electrical impulses anyway?😛 😉
I wouldn't know...because it's not calculable. 🤔 What's the energy and resource usage when AI operates with the same power as the human mind, doesn't dig things up out of the ground to turn them into pollution and garbage, and values things based on them being alive, instead of dead?
Not much, other than the fact that humans are the problem, and AI can't operate without humans. 😆
I definitely like your sense of humor, and thanks! 😉