Bot doctors: Would you trust a robot psychologist?

Emotions and technology, believe it or not, are now related


 Do you know someone who suffers from depression? I bet your answer is yes, it can be either a friend, a family member or a friend of a friend. What would you recommend them to do? Go see a psychologist?

What is the first thing that comes up to your mind when I say emotions? I might not know your specific answer, but I know you eventually thought about the direct relation in between humans and emotions.

Could you imagine a robot that can understand your feelings as the same level of a human? It might sound crazy at a first glance, but thanks to EAI it is now a reality.  

The Freudian theory states that psychologists can not get emotionally involved with their patients, due to subjectivity and the temptation to provide personal advice. If we further analyze this, we will come to the conclusion that this trait is normal, as it reflects the natural human instinct of being compassionate.

I am not trying to discredit psychologists, I am trying to incentivize the idea of virtual therapists, the idea that a robot can understand, interpret, and evaluate your feelings without having a biased opinion. 

Woebot is a smart phone application that allows you to interact with a friendly self-care expert. Through this app, you can interact with a robot that will give you step-by-step guidance to help you in any mental situation. This is possible because Woebot has an intelligent brain sensory device with the purpose of helping you reduce your daily stress leading you to a higher quality of life. 

This app approximately has two million users who engage in daily conversations with the robot. Part of this success is due to the fact that peoples’ willingness to talk to a robot-psychologist is hire because they are not being judged.





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