Can Artificial Intelligence Take on the Role of Therapists? A New Experiment

Psychotherapist Umut Özdemir is conducting an experiment to investigate whether artificial intelligence chatbots can offer genuine assistance as therapists. The experiment tests whether participants can distinguish between responses from a therapist and those generated by artificial intelligence, and which they find more valuable.

In this experiment conducted by psychotherapist Umut Özdemir, participants' capacities to distinguish between questions and answers from a human therapist versus artificial intelligence are measured. The produced film also features individuals who already use artificial intelligence for this purpose.

Regarding the process, psychologist Bertolt Meyer and psychotherapist Johanna Löchner discuss the psychological and social challenges brought by technology, while ethicist Judith Simon sheds light on the dangers and moral questions inherent in our changing relationship with artificial intelligence.