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Why not develop like... a chatroom... Reminds me of the story about robots in old folks homes. Why not just have people to keep people company.
There seems to be a new push for technological problems to social illnesses, and it consistently boggles my mind how so many smart "experts" really think people engaging more with computers/phones/AI instead of, you know, engaging more with actual people will solve any kind of social ill.
For most people right now, it's going to be an app or no treatment at all, particularly if for people who are only mildly impaired by their distress.
Besides, it's not an either/or proposition. Personally, I don't think that chatbots are all that useful (I've been building them as a large part of my job for a year), but I can see interactive CBT/DBT reminders/journals/checklists as being a very powerful tool.
I wish it outlined, in plain language, how private (or not) the transcripts of my chat data are and the retention policies associated with said data.
Simpler question: with a sufficiently-smart story generator, could you enjoy it if you knew it was procedurally generated? I feel that I couldn't. But I'd love to be wrong about that.
There seems to be a new push for technological problems to social illnesses, and it consistently boggles my mind how so many smart "experts" really think people engaging more with computers/phones/AI instead of, you know, engaging more with actual people will solve any kind of social ill.
A decent CBT therapist can charge $150+ per hour, and personal change can take years of constant, ongoing effort. For most people right now, it's going to be an app or no treatment at all, particularly if for people who are only mildly impaired by their distress. Besides, it's not an either/or proposition. Personally, I don't think that chatbots are all that useful (I've been building them as a large part of my job f…
This kind of technology in medicine is about enabling human doctors to treat patients better with more (hopefully meaningful) data points at their fingertips. You might be surprised how far behind the medical industry is when it comes to reaching out to the smartphone generation.
Why not develop like... a chatroom... Reminds me of the story about robots in old folks homes. Why not just have people to keep people company.
This has actually been tried in the Netherlands, apparently with great success. University students can live rent-free in a retirement community on the condition that they spend time with the residents.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/dutch-retirement-home-of...
There seems to be a new push for technological problems to social illnesses, and it consistently boggles my mind how so many smart "experts" really think people engaging more with computers/phones/AI instead of, you know, engaging more with actual people will solve any kind of social ill.
A decent CBT therapist can charge $150+ per hour, and personal change can take years of constant, ongoing effort. For most people right now, it's going to be an app or no treatment at all, particularly if for people who are only mildly impaired by their distress. Besides, it's not an either/or proposition. Personally, I don't think that chatbots are all that useful (I've been building them as a large part of my job f…
That's not even touching where you've just pointed out that we're essentially now decreeing that poor people get to talk to machines and rich people get to talk to humans, or the fact that insurance companies will jump at the chance to force the cheap AI down everyone's throats before they pay for human therapy, etc etc...