Research Notes: The Empathy Machine
Opening: When the Coin Flip Doesn’t Make Sense
Why do people keep using AI therapy chatbots when they know the thing can’t actually care about them? Seemed obvious at first. Desperation, loneliness, lack of access to real help. But then I found a study where 63 therapists evaluated therapy transcripts and couldn’t tell AI from human better than chance. C…
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