The Consumer Health AI Whipsaw

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in health care in general, and mental health in particular, are moving quickly from novelty to routine.;A recent survey—Large Language Models As Mental Health Resources: Patterns Of Use In The United States—found that 48.7% of respondents have used AI for mental health support. A separate study—Use Of Generative AI For Mental Health Advice Among US Adolescents And Young Adults—reported that 13.1% of youth ages 12 to 21 have used AI for mental health advice.

The;level of consumer access to and engagement with health AI is likely . . .