Paul Eastwick
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1,562 appearances
7 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 24 May
Paul Eastwick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Oh, you know everything.
The world is tilted against you, right?
Like therapists aren't supposed to do that.
But you can imagine an AI chatbot that engages in that kind of unconditional positive regard that helps people get through, you know, acute crises of loneliness, right?
My concern is that what will happen is people will legit fall for these chatbots.
I mean, sometimes people fall for their therapists too, but there's like a code of ethics that the therapist then says you need to move on.
The AI chatbot is not going to say it's time for you to move on.
So what happens?
Do social skills atrophy?
Because these chatbot relationships, they're one-sided in a way that's
ultimately i think not great for the skills of the person using them because you're not really having to make sacrifices for the chatbot are you providing support for the chatbot are you feeling that sense
of being appreciated that you get when you do something for a loved one when you help you know fulfill their needs in some way like that that's all very important it's a key part of being in a relationship i'm not sure the chat bots are going to do that and so if they're just there to stroke our egos i worry that we're going to lose some social skills in the meantime
Yeah.
I mean, well, look, therapy is a relationship.
I mean, that that's why it works, because it's a bona fide relational context where you feel like you can open up to this person and they will regard you positively no matter what.
That doesn't mean that they don't challenge you.
That doesn't mean that they don't.
They don't push you from time to time.
And eventually they, you know, the therapy comes to an end, at least in many cases.
Those are the ingredients that make for a close relationship.
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