I had absolutely no idea what occult quacks chiropractors were for an embarrassingly long time. I thought it was just another medical specialization, like dermatology. No one told me otherwise and it was only a few years ago that I learned that orthopedic specialists and neurologists practiced something very different than the quackery that still legally allowed to blend in as if it were an actual medical specialization, to make suckers like me fail to notice the difference at a glance. I'm glad I never went to see one before I knew better. :the-more-you-know:
What is the current science on Eliza-like therapy chat bots?
Do they still have some sort of "placebo" therapeutic effect or has that been disproven?
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=7%2C39&q=eliza+therapy&btnG=
No idea, but I am of the firm opinion that a huge portion of therapy is just the honest, private, and judgement free communication with another person. I don't think that replicate with a ai. You may be able to trick the logic part of your brain into thinking you are talking with someone, bit there is so much non verbal communication that is just absent.