genuinely interesting conversation regarding AI therapists on tonight’s stream of consciousness stream

assuming a high enough level of competence, would you be open to having an AI therapist for yourself? or is a human connection too important?

I would prefer it. Not for talk therapy, which is bogus, but for a well-structured cognitive behavioral program. The machine can build and maintain any pseudo-skinner-box better than their human counterpart, no doubt.

Is there lit to support this? Or your experience?

If it's conversational, it's unproductive. IE, does not produce the desired therapeutic result. Language is not the best way to reprogram a brain, especially if it's unstructured gibbering.