The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation all about how science can help improve our lives. In this new mini-series, Alisha Wainwright looks at the many different ways that artificial intelligence is affecting our health, and the ethical issues that come up.
In one episode, they look at whether we can trust AI therapy. Many people are turning to
chatbots as a way to seek help for their personal problems, but can they be trusted? As Dr John Torous explains, chatbots scrape details from across the internet, and do not have to go through rigorous clearances before providing advice. Yet, it isn’t exactly clearcut, due to the prohibitively high costs of human therapy and the wait for professional care.
