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Dr. Alison Darcy

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TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

And so, yeah, there's a sort of an advantage to being an AI in that it's never judging you.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

You don't have to think about how you appear to the AI.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

So, yeah.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

Definitely not.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

No, but that's how it was designed, right?

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

So what would have been designed?

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

It all depends on what are you building the thing for.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

And if you're building it for, you know, human well-being, you know, human advancement, the objective is similar to a parent.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

You want the success looks like individuation and independence and growth.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

And that's partly, you know...

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

challenging the idea of perfection, just like you did.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

A great AI should be helping you see that perfection is just an illusion, particularly when it comes to humans.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

That's what makes us human, and that's something to be celebrated.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

But of course, to your point, it really depends on who is the designer and what is this...

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

AI being built for.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

That is going to be and is such a crucial question.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

Which goes to business model.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

Sure.

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

So who pays for Wobot?

TED Talks Daily
The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

Well, currently Wobot's distributed in partnership with health systems.