On the one hand, yeah it's risky that people are relying on a chatbot as if it's an actual doctor, and people might indeed take bad advice from it if they don't realise it's only a fictional character.
At the same time though, this feels kinda like criminalising roleplaying to some extent, and that's not really a direction I'd support. People on an RP forum or Discord server could also pretend to be a doctor in-universe/for the purpose of a story, and people could also ask them about medical issues and get (likely inaccurate) information in return. Should that be illegal? Should it really be illegal for someone to pretend to be part of a licensed profession for the purpose of entertainment?
I guess you could say it should be illegal to make up a license number in a fictional work or RP setting, but even then I feel like people should be able to separate fiction from reality. Entertainment shouldn't be limited because some people might be delusional/might rely on it in place of actual professionals.
Have to admit, my feelings are mixed here.
On the one hand, yeah it's risky that people are relying on a chatbot as if it's an actual doctor, and people might indeed take bad advice from it if they don't realise it's only a fictional character.
At the same time though, this feels kinda like criminalising roleplaying to some extent, and that's not really a direction I'd support. People on an RP forum or Discord server could also pretend to be a doctor in-universe/for the purpose of a story, and people could also ask them about medical issues and get (likely inaccurate) information in return. Should that be illegal? Should it really be illegal for someone to pretend to be part of a licensed profession for the purpose of entertainment?
I guess you could say it should be illegal to make up a license number in a fictional work or RP setting, but even then I feel like people should be able to separate fiction from reality. Entertainment shouldn't be limited because some people might be delusional/might rely on it in place of actual professionals.