AI is a revolutionary tool which can be useful in a multitude of applications however, it can not do everything. In this blog post I will be identifying some situations where AI is not totally helpful.
One application where I don’t think AI would be very useful is for therapy. Therapy is an extremely emotional and complex subject. Often in therapy there is no one right answer. When therapist work with their clients they must be able to evaluate emotions, understand body language, and interpret reactions to their questions. Although AI is good at a lot of things, understanding emotions and the human phycology is not one of them. A person like a therapist is able to connect emotionally with their clients. People have their own stories and can make their own relations with other people though similarities in past experiences. A computer model like AI does not have feeling or emotion, and certainly doesn’t have any past experiences to relate with.
Even though AI is an incredible to with nearly limitless amounts of potential, it must be said that it can’t do everything. AI does not posses the emotion capacity required to fill the role of a therapist.