Are humans the best healers? There are now hundreds of AI chatbots designed to help with mental health. Are they a good idea?
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Therapy chatbot gets 78 million messages
Are humans the best healers? There are now hundreds of AI chatbots designed to help with mental health. Are they a good idea?
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"Life's hard," Sarah tells her therapistA person who helps someone with emotional or physical difficulties, often through talking to them. . "My friend stopped talking and school's no fun." The therapist beeps: "Go to human repair shop, get rewired, new batteries. Say RV896 sent you. Next!"
This funny idea is about talking to AIA computer programme that has been designed to think. therapists - but it is more real than you might think. A year ago, Sam Zaia made a chatbotA chatbot is a computer programme that simulates human conversation or "chatter" through text or voice interactions. called Psychologist to help people. It has had 78 million messages.
Sam, a student, trained the bot using what he learned. He says people like texting when things get tough.
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In some parts of the UK, the NHSThe National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948. uses an AI chatbot for mental health help. They can help people at any time of day or night.
AI helps with creative solutions, but some expertsSomeone who knows a lot about a particular subject. say real therapists are best. Dr. Emma Byrne warns not to see chatbots as real friends.
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<h5 class="wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper">Are humans the best healers? </h5>
Yes! Chatbots can be taught to ask questions, but they cannot actually understand the problems you tell them. Only a human can do that.
No! Humans can become set in their ways. An AI chatbot may be able to come up with new ideas - and they can help you at any time of day or night.
Therapist - A person who helps someone with emotional or physical difficulties, often through talking to them.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
chatbot - A chatbot is a computer programme that simulates human conversation or "chatter" through text or voice interactions.
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.
Experts - Someone who knows a lot about a particular subject.
Therapy chatbot gets 78 million messages
Ethereal therapist: The Character.ai platform alone has 475 therapy chatbots. Glossary
Therapist - A person who helps someone with emotional or physical difficulties, often through talking to them.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
chatbot - A chatbot is a computer programme that simulates human conversation or "chatter" through text or voice interactions.
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.
Experts - Someone who knows a lot about a particular subject.