Conversational Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy: A New Therapeutic Tool or Agent?

Conversational artificial intelligence (CAI) presents many opportunities in the psychotherapeutic landscape—such as therapeutic support for people with mental health problems and without access to care. The adoption of CAI poses many risks that need in-depth ethical scrutiny. The objective of this p...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 4 - 14
Autores principales: Sedlakova, Jana, Trachsel, Manuel
Formato: review Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2023
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          Sedlakova, Jana
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          Mental Disorders Therapy
          Psychotherapy Ethical Issues
          Artificial Intelligence Utilization
          Conversation
          Ethics, Medical
          Support, Psychosocial
          Therapeutic Alliance
          User-Computer Interface
          Health Knowledge
          Self Concept
      ab: Conversational artificial intelligence (CAI) presents many opportunities in the psychotherapeutic landscape—such as therapeutic support for people with mental health problems and without access to care. The adoption of CAI poses many risks that need in-depth ethical scrutiny. The objective of this paper is to complement current research on the ethics of AI for mental health by proposing a holistic, ethical, and epistemic analysis of CAI adoption. First, we focus on the question of whether CAI is rather a tool or an agent. This question serves as a framework for the subsequent ethical analysis of CAI focusing on topics of (self-) knowledge, (self-)understanding, and relationships. Second, we propose further conceptual and ethical analysis regarding human-AI interaction and argue that CAI cannot be considered as an equal partner in a conversation as is the case with a human therapist. Instead, CAI's role in a conversation should be restricted to specific functions.
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