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-square39fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·9 months agoThat would assume the people designing AI want what is best for the person and not what will make them the most money at the expense of the consumer. The companies involved in AI are NOT benevolent.
That would assume the people designing AI want what is best for the person and not what will make them the most money at the expense of the consumer.
The companies involved in AI are NOT benevolent.