To me, probably the biggest argument against is is the privacy/confidentiality aspect. I mean, OK, sure, conversations with a real world human therapist could b

To me, probably the biggest argument against is is the privacy/confidentiality aspect. I mean, OK, sure, conversations with a real world human therapist could be leaked. I'm sure it has happened... but I believe the odds of your AI-Therapist's server being hacked and having all of the chat logs leaked is a lot higher than somebody breaking into your IRL therapist's office and stealing their notes, or water-boarding them into giving up all the salacious details about your life. Outside of that, I'm not sure I believe that AI's will be able to delivery truly efficacious (and safe) therapy anytime soon. And don't get me wrong - I'm an AI advocate. I spend a lot of my time on AI and related subjects, and believe AGI is possible, maybe even probable. But even AGI won't necessarily understand human feelings and emotions since at the end of the day, the "A" in "AGI" still stand for "Artificial". That is to say, I think we can make machines that are "as smart as humans" without being human, or having a shared, visceral understanding of the human experience. But mostly, I expect that "AI therapist" services will just be data logging / data mining fronts that will use the content of your most private thoughts to try to sell you more shit, and/or will eventually get hacked and leak your most private thoughts onto the 'net. So yeah... not something that needs to exist, IMO.