AI chatbots might already be the biggest suppliers of psychological well being companies in the USA, elevating huge questions on security, effectiveness, and oversight. On this episode of the Being Effectively Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Dr. Nick Jacobson, to discover the dangers and alternatives of AI remedy: Can a chatbot be good at remedy? Will it substitute human therapists? What about AI psychosis? How ought to we take into consideration privateness, bias, and regulation? Is that this a silver bullet for psychological well being entry, or are we simply opening a brand new can of worms?
About our Visitor: Nick is affiliate professor of biomedical information science, psychiatry, and laptop science at Dartmouth, and directs the AI and Psychological Well being Laboratory there. He’s additionally the developer of Therabot, a generative AI remedy chatbot that predates ChatGPT, and he’s one of many first researchers to run a medical trial on AI remedy.
Key Subjects
- 02:35: Is AI going to switch human therapists?
- 05:00: Dangers of utilizing ChatGPT as your therapist, and normal vs. therapy-specific AI
- 14:30: What ought to individuals be apprehensive about?
- 19:14: Is AI good at remedy?
- 29:58: Bias, values, and “who’s watching the watchers”
- 39:17: Is there one thing distinctive a few human therapist?
- 52:21: Oversight and the self-driving automotive analogy
- 1:00:51: Personhood, consciousness, and dangers of anthropomorphizing AI
- 1:11:00: Recap
Forrest is now writing on Substack, try his work there.


