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Agree, I don't need a million ads for a useless text therapist app.
by hello_friendos 7y ago
Agree, I don't need a million ads for a useless text therapist app.
- techntoke 7y agoYou obviously need therapy if you don't want the advertisements. /s
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoIs that how you really feel?
- techntoke 7y agoThe /s was supposed to mean sarcasm, however that is probably the direction that companies will try to take the mental health profession.
- a_e_k 7y agoI suspect that GP was riffing on typical responses from a therapist chat-bot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
- perl4ever 7y agoOf course, someone developed a script for a patient too; I think it was called PARRY. Perhaps these could be combined in an adversarial learning setup...
- perl4ever 7y agoSome are already offering text chat for a monthly fee as a cheaper alternative to a face-to-face talk with a therapist at an hourly rate. However, I don't know if anyone is charging for a bot yet.