Post by pfbourassa on Jan 26, 2018 17:12:08 GMT
Recently, facebook opened up a chatbot API allowing delevopers to create virtual assistants to help users shop, get the weather, horoscopes. Whatever.
A trend in these chatbots has been Anxiety and Depression relief.
Woebot and Pocketcoach are two of them, and there are paid services like TalkSpace that fill a similar role.
They do not claim to replace conventional therapy sessions, but may act as a low-effort complement.
How can a robot possibly be helpful for such human ailments?
This could be tied into AI or some other topic on the boards. It's probably not deep enough to stand alone.
SCIENCE!:
mental.jmir.org/2017/2/e19/
A trend in these chatbots has been Anxiety and Depression relief.
Woebot and Pocketcoach are two of them, and there are paid services like TalkSpace that fill a similar role.
They do not claim to replace conventional therapy sessions, but may act as a low-effort complement.
How can a robot possibly be helpful for such human ailments?
This could be tied into AI or some other topic on the boards. It's probably not deep enough to stand alone.
SCIENCE!:
mental.jmir.org/2017/2/e19/
