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Saloni Arora's avatar

AI companionship makes me think about the prospect of AI therapists. While, a person's first instinct might be to say that AI would never make a good therapist, research suggests otherwise. Current academic literature states that people might prefer AI over human therapists as the fear of being judged or negatively appraised is removed from the situation. Great article, however, and thank you for the courses. I do want to check out and learn about using Copilot.

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Riccardo Vocca's avatar

The topic of AI companionship is a huge topic and one that needs to be given attention, because its relevance will certainly grow over time. It is important to underline that, in my opinion, on the one hand consumers should not be judged but, as specified in various lucid issues by authors here on Substack, the point is above all on the producers of these apps and their intentions, the real value, of any like, that they want to bring to the market. And regardless of whether you are 'in favor' of these platforms and apps, it is important to know them better, especially for the social and cultural dynamics that will have an impact in the short term. The topic is particularly close to me because it falls within the 'relational' perspectives with AI that I write about in each issue of my newsletter, and I thank you Pranath for highlighting it.

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