Bebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square31fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down119file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]globalnews
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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-squareEven_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·10 months agoYou could just run your own. There are plenty of open source models that don’t answer to any company.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·10 months agoWhy dont i just give myself therapy? I know way more about what is going on in my head than anyone else does.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoBecause what’s going on in your own head a would taint your treatment plan and cause it the be a self-defeating plan.
minus-squareEven_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 months agoMaybe one day that’ll actually be possible.
You could just run your own. There are plenty of open source models that don’t answer to any company.
Why dont i just give myself therapy? I know way more about what is going on in my head than anyone else does.
Because what’s going on in your own head a would taint your treatment plan and cause it the be a self-defeating plan.
Maybe one day that’ll actually be possible.