Pursuit December 15, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now playing a role in mental health care and if we can navigate the ethical and privacy concerns, it may help us keep up with increasing demand
How on earth could a non-living digital device be of value to any human being experiencing mental health issues? Can a person really develop a sense of trust with AI like they might have with another person?
Or, even more subtlety, what if over time the artificial intelligence, or AI, is developing algorithms and drawing conclusions about people’s mental health that are incorrect, biased or even discriminatory?
Currently, countries all around the world are grappling with the high prevalence of mental health disorders and their...