Bebo@literature.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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-square46fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
minus-squareH1jAcK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·8 months agoI tried doing online text-based therapy once. On top of it’s not the same thing, it was also just the absolute worst way to go about doing therapy, and that was with a human.
I tried doing online text-based therapy once. On top of it’s not the same thing, it was also just the absolute worst way to go about doing therapy, and that was with a human.