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-up1148file-textcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldsecularhumanism@sh.itjust.worksglobalnews@lemmy.zip
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It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
minus-squareH1jAcK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoI tried doing online text-based therapy once. On top of it’s not the same thing, it was also just the absolute worst way to go about doing therapy, and that was with a human.
I tried doing online text-based therapy once. On top of it’s not the same thing, it was also just the absolute worst way to go about doing therapy, and that was with a human.