There's a growing consensus that we need to regulate how chatbots help people who are dealing with mental health issues. But what if doing so actually made the problems worse?

In a really interesting opinion piece for Transformer, Jess Miers and Ray Yeh argue that increased liability for chatbots could backfire. Such laws could encourage blunt responses when people bring up mental health issues — the exact opposite of what's needed. And they would likely prevent chatbots from providing *useful* mental health services — which they absolutely can do.

@ShakeelHashim Counterpoint: the problem is already a disaster. These companies must be held accountable for the "advice" they're doling out to users. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…