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Has anyone here had therapy to help handle thoughts of AI doom? How did it go? What challenges did you face explaining it or being taken seriously, and what kind of therapy worked, if any?
I went to a therapist for 2 sessions and received nothing but blank looks when I tried to explain what I was trying to process. I think it was very unfamiliar ground for them and they didn't know what to do with me. I'd like to try again but if anyone here has guideance on what worked for them, I'd be interested.
I've also started basic meditation, which continues to be a little helpful.
Suggest the following for independent reading: https://linktr.ee/modelsofmind, especially the first one and the multiagent models of mind sequence.
1whestler
Thanks for posting. I've had some of the same thoughts especially about honesty and the therapist's ability to support you in doing something that they either don't understand the significance of or may actively morally oppose. It's a very difficult thing to require a person to try to do.