Philosophers of AI introduce a discussion about AI having emotions...
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The Ethics of Deep Learning AI and the Epistemic Opacity Dilemma: When You Don't Know What Exactly the Deep Learning System is Doing.
The Ethics of Deep Learning AI and the Epistemic Opacity Dilemma https:// blog.apaonline.org/2020/08/13/the -ethics-of-deep-learning-ai-and-the-epistemic-opacity-dilemma/ … via @apa_blog The Ethics of Deep Learning AI and the Epistemic Opacity Dilemma https://t.co/bs0bqWIneG via @apa_blog — Bruce Long (@BruceRLong) February 20, 2025 Piantadosi, S. (2023). Modern language models refute Chomsky's approach to language. [Unpublished manuscript]. Retrieved from https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/007180
Therapists are not AI proof. Why? Because the nature of an AI therapist changes everything, including the essential dynamics of rapport building.
Does an AI therapist or counsellor need the same set of soft skills and rapport building capabilities/practices as a human therapist? It's very unlikely. In fact: no. It doesn't. But it can deploy near flawless soft skills anyway. The rapport building is not necessary because human trust is not needed in such a situation. The GPR is just reliable and non-judgmental. Therapists need rapport building because the client knows they're dealing with a human with human emotional and moral habits and attitudes, and with all of the properties which make negotiating asymmetric interpersonal relationships difficult. Judgementalism. Moral umbrage. Superior intellect. Condescension. Intrinsic bias. Patronising views. Politics. Gender bias. The list goes on. Human clients - including young people - know that most such dynamics and issues do not matter with an AI GPR, but that the AI GPR can still provide enormous epistemic-therapeutic resources and emotional support, including emulatin...