AI therapist

An AI therapist (or therapist chatbot) is an artificial intelligence system designed to provide mental health support through chatbots or virtual assistants.[1] While AI therapists improve accessibility, they are not a substitute for human professionals due to their lack of emotional intelligence.[2] Due to LLMs tendency towards sycophancy they can also fail to provide corrective therapy and endorse destructive behaviours.[3] The earliest example of an AI which could provide therapy was ELIZA, released in 1966, which provided Rogerian therapy via its DOCTOR script.

References

  1. ^ Ph.D, Jeremy Sutton (2024-01-19). "Revolutionizing AI Therapy: The Impact on Mental Health Care". PositivePsychology.com. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  2. ^ "What Is AI Therapy?". Built In. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  3. ^ "Human Therapists Prepare for Battle Against A.I. Pretenders - The New…". archive.is. 2025-02-24. Archived from the original on 2025-02-24. Retrieved 2025-04-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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