Bebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardianwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down120file-textcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldsecularhumanism@sh.itjust.worksglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-link‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardianwww.theguardian.comBebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldsecularhumanism@sh.itjust.worksglobalnews@lemmy.zip
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·8 months agoBoth Betteridge’s law of headlines and common sense say “no”
Both Betteridge’s law of headlines and common sense say “no”