Bebo to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 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-square46arrow-up1150arrow-down120file-textcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1130arrow-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 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square46file-textcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.worldglobalnews@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-square@kemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 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.