[ExI] First therapy chatbot trial shows AI can provide 'gold-standard' care

[BillK]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 at 14:14, Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> This is entirely believable to me. I've weaned my girlfriend almost completely off of "processing" with me. She uses Claude most of the time now, and says I suck compared to Claude most of the time. I've also used it to go over things. A Therabot that works with a therapist seems like it would be even better.
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> -Kelly
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This article discusses how the Therabot AI was trained.
It took many attempts over five years to get it right..
BillK

<https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1114001/the-first-trial-of-generative-ai-therapy-shows-it-might-help-with-depression/>
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In 2019, as early large language models like OpenAI’s GPT were taking
shape, the researchers at Dartmouth thought generative AI might help
overcome these hurdles. They set about building an AI model trained to
give evidence-based responses.
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