Narration - Technical, Therapeutic AI
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interactions with artificial intelligence, AI will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team at the Technical University of Munich, T um, has now completed the first study of how embodied a I can help treat mental illnesses. Their conclusion. Important ethical questions for this technology remain unanswered. There is urgent need for action on the part of governments, professional associations and researchers, robot dolls that teach autistic Children to communicate better computer generated avatars that help patients cope with hallucinations and virtual chats offering support with depression. Numerous initiatives using embodied AI for improving mental health already exist. These applications are referred to as embodied because they involved interactions between individuals and an artificial agent, resulting in entirely new dynamics. The use of AI and psychotherapy is not new as such. Back in the 19 sixties, the first chatbots created the illusion of a psychotherapy session. In reality, however, this was little more than a gimmick. With today's advanced algorithms and higher computing power much, Maura's possible. The algorithms behind these new applications have been trained with enormous data sets and can produce genuine therapeutic statements, explains Alina, Bjork's professor of ethics in medicine and health technologies A. T, um, with Dr Amelia Fisk and Peter Henning Stone professor of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. She has conducted the first systemic survey of Embodied AI applications for mental health and drawn conclusions on the related opportunities and challenges. The new applications have enormous potential. They can make treatment accessible to more people because they're not limited to specific times or locations. In addition, some patients find it easier to interact with a I, then with a human being. But there are risks to AI. Methods cannot and must not be used as a cheaper substitute for treatment by human doctors, says Amelia Fisk. Although embodied AI has arrived in the clinical world, there are still very few recommendations for medical associations on how to deal with this issue. Urgent action is needed, however, if the benefits of these technologies are to be exploited while avoiding the disadvantages that ensuring that reasonable checks are in place. Young doctors should also be exposed to this topic well still at medical school, says Peter Hingston, who was the dean of the tea um School of Medicine. At present, there are increased efforts to draw up guidelines for AI, including the ethics guidelines for Trustworthy A I just issued by the U. However, books, whiskey and heading stone also see an urgent need to regulate the use of AI in specialized fields. Therapeutic AI applications are medical products for which we need appropriate approval processes and ethical guidelines, says Alina Books. For example, if the programs can recognize whether patients air having suicidal thoughts, then they must follow clear warning protocols, just like therapists do in case of serious concerns. In addition, intensive study is needed into the social effects of Embodied A. I. We have very little information on how we as human beings are affected by contact with therapeutic, AI says. Alina Books, for example, through contact with a robot, a child with a disorder on the autism spectrum might only learn how to interact better with robots, but not with people.