Artificial Intelligence (AI)

dartmouth just published the first ever (hard to believe tbh) therapy chatbot trial.

findings: 51% decrease in depression symptoms, 31% in anxiety symptoms, and 19% in body image / weight concerns

nits: small sample size (~100) of college students, would love to see outcomes compared with Crisis Text Line

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in my experience 51% (at least) of the power is in the exercise of writing. the response is like a magic mirror, not unlike a real therapist: a different perspective on what you said that reveals insights.

Without having read the study, but with writing as a personal self-therapy tool, I think I agree with this 🤔