Therapists Explore a Hybrid Future With AI
Therapists are exploring the use of AI "twins" to expand patient access and practitioner scalability. Some therapists train AI bots by uploading their content or by directly conversing with and correcting AI models over time. While one approach allows patients to interact directly with an AI mimicking the therapist, another uses AI as an intermediary to help draft responses, saving the therapist time.
This development raises significant questions about the economics, intimacy, and safety of therapy, including issues of liability and the potential for AI to reshape the profession and the demand for human therapists.
The episode also covers the use of AI chatbots in the UK's NHS for mental health support and the potential for AI twins of public figures like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Cuban to offer advice.