Can AI Therapists Solve Your Mental Health Problems?

Is your “shrink” in your pocket? Apparently so. Where, when, and how humans fail you, AI is there to offer support to straighten things out. The bonding process must first convince you that the AI is human and trustworthy. When a totally realistic human avatar appears to converse with you in a natural language, fakes empathy, tells you that you are loved, etc., most people will spill their guts. What could possibly go wrong? ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.While we’re not short of