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#135 The Ethics of AI as Therapists with Megan Cornish
The landscape of healthcare has been changed forever with the introduction of AI.
Already, 1 in 3 adults are turning to chatbots to ask health related questions. For younger adults under age 30, the shift is even faster-nearly 30% now use AI specifically for mental health and emotional support.
Amid these broad changes is a specific question for us as therapists:
What happens when the chatbot starts to play the role of therapist?
This service is already being offered by tools - like Abby - "Your AI Therapist."
This raises so many questions for us-and at the heart of the questions is a moral…
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