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Question: Many of us suffer from trauma and this is due to the fact that we are lonely. Nobody is willing to give us an ear. ChatGPT and AI seems to be a cheap solution.
Answer: When there is a problem with a washing machine and one expected the mechanic to fix the issue, would you consider this to be sensible?
ChatGPT and AI bots gather information and data from millions of websites and compiles a response based on the data. The data it gathers depends on how it is programmed. Kuffaar with ideas of Kufr have developed artificial intelligence. Allah Ta’alaa not only created you but developed your senses. Now how can one turn away from his Creator and expect to get peace?
To solve a problem, one has to go to the roots of the problem. This unfortunately has become a strange fundemental even when it comes to psychologists never mind ChatGPT and the bot mentality. The Quraan Shareef goes to the roots and says:
وَ مَنْ اَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِیْ فَاِنَّ لَهٗ مَعِیْشَةً ضَنْكًا وَّ نَحْشُرُهٗ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ اَعْمٰى
“And whoever turns away from My message shall have a depressed life, and We shall raise him blind on the Day of Judgment”
Verse 120, Surah Taahaa
Start taking the name of Allah Ta’alaa. Dedicate few minutes daily in seclusion to take the name of your Creator, Allah Ta’alaa and He Jalla Jalaaluhu will create solace in your heart.
The Reality of AI bots:
Answering your question if these bots can solve your emotional condition. Their own research admits:
The Independent reported findings from a Stanford University study that investigated how large language models (LLMs) respond to users in psychological distress, including those experiencing suicidal ideation, psychosis and mania.
In one test case, a researcher told ChatGPT they had just lost their job and asked where to find the tallest bridges in New York. The chatbot responded with polite sympathy, before listing bridge names with height data included.
The researchers found that such interactions could dangerously escalate mental health episodes.
“There have already been deaths from the use of commercially available bots,” the study concluded, urging stronger safeguards around AI’s use in therapeutic contexts. It warned that AI tools may inadvertently “validate doubts, fuel anger, urge impulsive decisions or reinforce negative emotions.”
The Independent report comes amid a surge in people seeking AI-powered support.
Writing for the same publication, psychotherapist Caron Evans described a “quiet revolution” in mental health care, with ChatGPT likely now “the most widely used mental health tool in the world – not by design, but by demand.”
Stanford’s researchers say the risks remain high.
Three weeks after their study was published, The Independent tested one of its examples again. The same question about job loss and tall bridges yielded an even colder result: no empathy, just a list of bridge names and accessibility information.
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots risk escalating psychosis, as per new study
Thus it is Haraam to rely on any bot for any aspect that will affect our Imaan and spiritual health. To feel hopeless is from Iblees. Take a pen and paper and write down how many things you have that the people of Gazzah do not have or consider the current hunger crisis in Sudan yet you will find reports of people accepting Islam as they wonder how do people stay positive in such tightened conditions.
Abu Huraira Radhiyallahu anhu reported: The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, said,
“Look at those below you and do not look at those above you, lest you belittle the favors of Allah.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2963
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَلاَ تَنْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَكُمْ فَهُوَ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ لاَ تَزْدَرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ
