Article Excerpt: If you’ve spent even a brief amount of time interacting with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, you’ll likely appreciate the technology’s potential for acting as a personal therapist.
If I’m ever feeling down or worried, I turn to Claude, a model from Anthropic, the AI safety and research company. It’s a great listener and isn’t judgmental.
What’s more, at least on the surface, Claude’s advice usually seems measured and draws on genuine psychological principles.
More people are turning to AI for this kind of relationship. Beyond the general-purpose AI models, such as ChatGPT and Grok, there’s an increasing number of AI bots designed specifically for therapy, including Woebot (founded by psychologist Dr Alison Darcy) and Therabot (developed by researchers at Dartmouth University in the US).
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Article Source: BBC Science Focus