New publication: Opportunities and Risks of Large Language Models in the Care for Substance Use Disorders
Marissa de Vries and Michael Schaub examined the opportunities and risks of large language models (LLMs) within digital interventions for substance use disorders.
The article discusses how AI can contribute to:
- Early detection and screening
- Personalized conversational support
- Continuous monitoring
- Interpretation of narrative patient-reported outcomes
In addition, the authors discuss important risks, such as hallucinations, misinformation, bias, stigmatizing language, and privacy vulnerabilities.
The main conclusion: AI has the potential to improve accessibility and engagement in addiction care, but only when it is responsibly implemented as support for professional care — not as a replacement for it.
Read the full article here: https://journals.lww.com/co-psychiatry/fulltext/9900/opportunities_and_risks_of_large_language_models.232.aspx
