Bebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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
arrow-up1148external-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 · 9 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-squarekemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoDoes it matter that it checks in on you more, when it technically isn’t someone? I don’t get how people talk to bots when they know they aren’t people.
Does it matter that it checks in on you more, when it technically isn’t someone? I don’t get how people talk to bots when they know they aren’t people.