Rose Rimler
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Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
Well, maybe what will actually surprise you is that they are kind of promising.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
There's this one bot that actually just got tested in a clinical trial and the results have been published.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
People with depression, anxiety, or risk of eating disorders, they were assigned to talk to this bot called Therabot for four weeks or to be on a wait list.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
And at the end of the trial, people's symptoms improved pretty significantly.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
So for a month, you said a month about?
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
After a month of using an AI chatbot specifically designed for therapy.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
Modeled off the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
Yeah, I mean, it was better than no therapy at all.
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
But I mean, that's something, right?
Science Vs
AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous?
So chatbots have these two different sides to them.