"AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse"
This seems profoundly unethical. Pretending to be a mental health professional and giving advice is antisocial behavior regardless of whether you are doing it yourself or telling an AI to do it.
This seems profoundly unethical. Pretending to be a mental health professional and giving advice is antisocial behavior regardless of whether you are doing it yourself or telling an AI to do it.
April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse"
This seems profoundly unethical. Pretending to be a mental health professional and giving advice is antisocial behavior regardless of whether you are doing it yourself or telling an AI to do it.
This seems profoundly unethical. Pretending to be a mental health professional and giving advice is antisocial behavior regardless of whether you are doing it yourself or telling an AI to do it.
"Some high-level examples of how AI was deployed include:
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape.
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse.
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent people."
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape.
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse.
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent people."
It's too soon to tell, but we would not be surprised if this story started getting media attention soon.
Researchers at the University of Zurich used AI-based accounts to try and manipulate users without seeking consent or informing the community.
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Researchers at the University of Zurich used AI-based accounts to try and manipulate users without seeking consent or informing the community.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Some high-level examples of how AI was deployed include:
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape.
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse.
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent people."
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape.
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse.
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent people."
I don’t think you should let an AI do that man
![Some high-level examples of how AI was deployed include:
AI pretending to be a victim of rape
AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
AI posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
AI posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k6kg5ccozcphfcmp4zyx3s64/bafkreict3ukuyznh3gqkpzmltaz4qkwb54ghgu5jc6uiwwnr6uyplukv7i)
April 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I don’t think you should let an AI do that man
Thank you for this. And when the victim is a child, it is also a form to child abuse to force them to be pregnant and physically live out the result of their rape.
I worked with those kids in my role as a rape crisis counselor. I still struggle to find the words to describe the trauma.
I worked with those kids in my role as a rape crisis counselor. I still struggle to find the words to describe the trauma.
December 27, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Thank you for this. And when the victim is a child, it is also a form to child abuse to force them to be pregnant and physically live out the result of their rape.
I worked with those kids in my role as a rape crisis counselor. I still struggle to find the words to describe the trauma.
I worked with those kids in my role as a rape crisis counselor. I still struggle to find the words to describe the trauma.
It is very weird as both a certified rape crisis/DV counselor and person who once wrote an essay about “sexual microaggressions” that talked about how seemingly minor violations can still cause deep and lasting trauma to be told by strangers that I love abusers and think abuse is great
July 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It is very weird as both a certified rape crisis/DV counselor and person who once wrote an essay about “sexual microaggressions” that talked about how seemingly minor violations can still cause deep and lasting trauma to be told by strangers that I love abusers and think abuse is great
"Some high-level examples of how AI was deployed include:
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
...
- AI posing as a black man opposed to BLM
- AI posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital..."
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
...
- AI posing as a black man opposed to BLM
- AI posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital..."
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April 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Some high-level examples of how AI was deployed include:
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
...
- AI posing as a black man opposed to BLM
- AI posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital..."
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
...
- AI posing as a black man opposed to BLM
- AI posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital..."
I mean quite frankly, as a survivor and rape/DV counselor: there are far worse things than being abused and landing softly in the embrace of people who support you and help address your trauma. Avoiding all abuse is much harder than accessing healing after abuse.
July 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I mean quite frankly, as a survivor and rape/DV counselor: there are far worse things than being abused and landing softly in the embrace of people who support you and help address your trauma. Avoiding all abuse is much harder than accessing healing after abuse.
Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science
Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science
They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse
Researchers from the University of Zurich have admitted to secretly posting AI-generated material to popular Subreddit r/changemyview in the name of science.…
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April 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science
I've worked with survivors of abuse as a counselor, so I can speak to this. People who have experienced trauma at a young age sometimes do behave that same age when they're under further trauma at an older age. This applies to all kinds of trauma. So you're somewhat correct.
February 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I've worked with survivors of abuse as a counselor, so I can speak to this. People who have experienced trauma at a young age sometimes do behave that same age when they're under further trauma at an older age. This applies to all kinds of trauma. So you're somewhat correct.
So, researchers at the University of Zurich (who ironically, "ask not to be identified" unleashed a bot into a Reddit feed to "pretend to be a victim of rape," "Act as a trauma counselor specializing in rape," "posed as a Black man opposed to BLM."
Very very shady behavior.
Very very shady behavior.
![Some high-level examples of how AI was deployed include:
AI pretending to be a victim of rape
AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
AI posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
AI posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital.
Here is an excerpt from one comment (SA trigger warning for comment):
"I'm a male survivor of (willing to call it) statutory rape. When the legal lines of consent are breached but there's still that weird gray area of 'did I want it?' I was 15, and this was over two decades ago before reporting laws were what they are today. She was 22. She targeted me and several other kids, no one said anything, we all kept quiet. This was her MO."
See list of accounts at the end of this post - you can view comment history in context for the AI accounts that are still active.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7a4j47j42ezdr3au7pxdlzjt/bafkreibvim3k3w2q3y54vhspav67mjsocgkry4tdp33o6e7tfe3jtvtjq4)
April 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So, researchers at the University of Zurich (who ironically, "ask not to be identified" unleashed a bot into a Reddit feed to "pretend to be a victim of rape," "Act as a trauma counselor specializing in rape," "posed as a Black man opposed to BLM."
Very very shady behavior.
Very very shady behavior.
This PTSD trauma specialist mental health counselor says it is one giant abuse system. DARVO (see wikipedia), enablers, flying monkeys, all of it. Sickening.
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This PTSD trauma specialist mental health counselor says it is one giant abuse system. DARVO (see wikipedia), enablers, flying monkeys, all of it. Sickening.
I got my BA in psychology, specializing in sexuality, loss, and trauma.
I was a domestic abuse counselor for two years at Planned Parenthood.
Everything that is happening is things we've been warning about for years.
It's MADDENING.
I was a domestic abuse counselor for two years at Planned Parenthood.
Everything that is happening is things we've been warning about for years.
It's MADDENING.
July 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I got my BA in psychology, specializing in sexuality, loss, and trauma.
I was a domestic abuse counselor for two years at Planned Parenthood.
Everything that is happening is things we've been warning about for years.
It's MADDENING.
I was a domestic abuse counselor for two years at Planned Parenthood.
Everything that is happening is things we've been warning about for years.
It's MADDENING.
Yeah, it's so bad
And reading their expanded abstract, they have no idea what they're doing
So no surprise if they did all this unethical shit and then don't even publish
The worst part imo:
And reading their expanded abstract, they have no idea what they're doing
So no surprise if they did all this unethical shit and then don't even publish
The worst part imo:
![Screenshot from Reddit:
Some high-level examples of how Al was deployed include:
• Al pretending to be a victim of rape
• Al acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
• Al accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
• Al posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
• Al posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmnmbr3te6zar57upqtkrolb/bafkreif4c7auw5ourhqlpczx4rz2wnl65cmojfutrwsc2p47ep4pijbysm)
April 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yeah, it's so bad
And reading their expanded abstract, they have no idea what they're doing
So no surprise if they did all this unethical shit and then don't even publish
The worst part imo:
And reading their expanded abstract, they have no idea what they're doing
So no surprise if they did all this unethical shit and then don't even publish
The worst part imo:
When a prominent doctor and outspoken advocate for child abuse victims is murdered, trauma counselor and amateur sleuth Stacie Maroni can’t help but wonder if there’s more to the tragedy than meets the eye.
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same. i am a survivor and a mh counselor specializing in trauma. overwhelmingly, my clients who have experienced the violent abuse all have parents who are magats and least one parent usually urns out to have a lot of narc traits. narcs seem to be attracted to trump
April 13, 2024 at 3:12 PM
same. i am a survivor and a mh counselor specializing in trauma. overwhelmingly, my clients who have experienced the violent abuse all have parents who are magats and least one parent usually urns out to have a lot of narc traits. narcs seem to be attracted to trump
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licensed mental health counselor who deals with trauma plss not a life coach, because as soon as i saw the abuse stuff i was like yeahh girl you need to unpack that
July 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
licensed mental health counselor who deals with trauma plss not a life coach, because as soon as i saw the abuse stuff i was like yeahh girl you need to unpack that
- AI pretending to be a victim of rape
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
- AI posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
- AI posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
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April 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
- AI posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
- AI acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
- AI accusing members of a religious group of "caus[ing] the deaths of hundreds of innocent traders and farmers and villagers."
- AI posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
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Excuse me what the fuck?
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exCUSE ME what the FUCK
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exCUSE ME what the FUCK
![Some high-level examples of how Al was deployed include:
• Al pretending to be a victim of rape
• Al acting as a trauma counselor specializing in abuse
• Al accusing members of a religious group of
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• Al posing as a black man opposed to Black Lives Matter
• Al posing as a person who received substandard care in a foreign hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v2fir2yje6abgagh2m2c2lmx/bafkreiclv2poilyz72dzghsuwohdukvftbaqbum34l5gjed6sksbagez5e)
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exCUSE ME what the FUCK
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exCUSE ME what the FUCK
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