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‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian(www.theguardian.com)

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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?

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Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com

5 points

8 months ago

You could just run your own. There are plenty of open source models that don’t answer to any company.

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BakerBagel@midwest.social

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8 months ago

Why dont i just give myself therapy? I know way more about what is going on in my head than anyone else does.

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Usernameblankface@lemmy.world

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8 months ago

Because what’s going on in your own head a would taint your treatment plan and cause it the be a self-defeating plan.

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Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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8 months ago

Maybe one day that’ll actually be possible.

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