Forbes January 18, 2026
In today’s column, I examine the use of AI to generate mental health advice, focusing on a little-known yet disconcerting issue involving how AI-based psychological analyses are currently being conducted. The upshot is that most generative AI and large language models (LLMs) tend to identify discrete classifications of mental conditions, simplistically landing on just one principal condition, rather than doing so on a more robust, multidimensional, continuous basis.
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This analysis of AI breakthroughs is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).
AI And Mental Health
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