> I mean AI therapy could succeed simply because it has the potential to be cheaper and easier to access than the competition. So basically, a repetition of th

> I mean AI therapy could succeed simply because it has the potential to be cheaper and easier to access than the competition. So basically, a repetition of the exact same point made upthread about nurse practitioners and AI? Instead of the "goal should be to allow everyone equitable access to the best healthcare," we choose "subpar AI healthcare for the disadvantaged [or merely non-wealthy] because 'it’s better than nothing'." I should also note that therapy only came up in a joke mocking the myopia of too technology focused ideas of progress. > Beyond price and ease of access, talking to a robot that isn't even capable of judging you might even be more appealing to some people. I suppose, for a small subset of physiological problems and a certain uncommon types of people (which are likely vastly underrepresented among software engineers, especially those on HN), but my guess is that the impossibility of any kind of human connection is going to be a huge negative for most.