Bebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square42fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYes, one thing it absolutely has to be good at is referring patients who need something beyond the standard strategies it is trained on. It has to be smart enough to know when to give up.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhere is the profit in sending someone to a different AI for help?
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI meant referring them to human specialists.
Yes, one thing it absolutely has to be good at is referring patients who need something beyond the standard strategies it is trained on. It has to be smart enough to know when to give up.
Where is the profit in sending someone to a different AI for help?
I meant referring them to human specialists.