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Can an AI chatbot make a good therapist?

Can an AI chatbot make a good therapist?

AI chatbots have come a long way and can be pretty helpful. But do they make good therapists? More young people are turning to chatbots to seek personal mental health advice. Today, psychiatrist Andrew Clark, who’s been testing the technology, reveals the good, bad and the ugly when a robot becomes a therapist. Featured: Andrew Clark, US-based psychiatrist

ABC News Daily · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

October 19, 202515m 3s

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Show Notes

AI chatbots have come a long way and can be pretty helpful.

But do they make good therapists? 

More young people are turning to chatbots to seek personal mental health advice.

Today, psychiatrist Andrew Clark, who’s been testing the technology, reveals the good, bad and the ugly when a robot becomes a therapist.

Featured: 

Andrew Clark, US-based psychiatrist

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