Are LLMs Good Cognitive Behavioral Therapists?

In episode 75 of The AI Fix, a Claude-powered robot gets so anxious about its dying battery that it composes a Broadway musical about stress and announces it’s “achieved consciousness and chosen chaos.”

Also: an 18-month psychological study reveals five reasons why ChatGPT is a dangerously bad therapist, Elon Musk’s million-robot army, a politician loses a debate with a dreadful AI deepfake, a tiny robot walks off with a 1.5-ton car, and we discover that the 1X NEO home help robot really does have a person inside it.

Episode links:

• New image-generating AIs are being used for fake expense reports.
• NEO Home Robot.
• NEO The Home Robot | Order Today.
• Elon Musk Wants ‘Strong Influence’ Over the ‘Robot Army’ He’s Building.
• A Unitree G1 pulls a car.
• Virginia Republican Debates Opponent In 1 Totally Weird Way: 'I Had To Force The Issue'.
• The 2025 Virginia Lieutenant Governor "Debate".
• Butter-Bench: Evaluating LLM Controlled Robots for Practical Intelligence
• How LLM Counselors Violate Ethical Standards in Mental Health Practice: A Practitioner-Informed Framework

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