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Dr. Alison Darcy

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192 total appearances

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

But that's right.

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

We build for, again, these short encounters, let people talk and be invited to use a skill that's inspired by one of these great therapeutic approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, and then get them back to their life as soon as possible.

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

Yeah.

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

We never build for...

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

engagement, keeping people in the conversation as long as they can, which we just think is sort of a road to addiction, right?

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

And that's all about the incentive.

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

How are you being paid?

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

And as entrepreneurs, we all have a responsibility to ensure that

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

The AIs are in service of humans, not the other way around.

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

Well, I still think the humans are doing it themselves, right?

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

Because that's the beauty of an AI.

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

It's not... And a great therapeutic process, if you like, while this isn't really therapy, right?

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

Structurally, it is so different.

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

But a great process is just asking the person the right questions.

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

They have to... They're the ones that have to do all of the work.

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

They're the ones that have to shift their mindset or...

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

acknowledge their role in, you know, a conflict with somebody and, you know, tune into their deepest, darkest negative thinking.

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

And that stuff is hard.

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

And that is all on the person.

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

The AI is just going to ask you the right questions to get there.