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.

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.