Lately, it is my favorite AI story, probably because it captures very well the chaos that can develop when people really use AI in the way in which technological companies have told them to do so.
As the story writer, Laurie Clarke points out, is not a total dream that AI can be therapeutically useful. Earlier this year, I wrote about the first clinical trial of a bot of the built specifically for therapy. The results were promising! But the secret use of AI models that are not examined by mental health is very different. I had a conversation with Clarke to listen more about what he found.
I have to say that I was really fascinated that people call their therapists after discovering they were using undercover. How did you interpret the reactions of these therapists? Were they trying to hide it?
In all cases mentioned in the piece, the therapist had not provided a prior dissemination of how they were using AI for their patients. So, if they were explicitly trying to hide it, this is how it ended up looking when it was discovered. I think, for this reason, one of my main conclusions to write the piece was that therapists should absolutely reveal when they will use AI and how (if they plan to use it). If they do not, ask all these really uncomfortable questions for patients when discovered and risk irrevocably damaging the confidence that has been built.
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