AI as Therapist? Intimacy Without Understanding
Gresham CollegeBarnard's Inn Hall, Holborn
Today · 18:00 · Free
About this event
AI increasingly soothes anxiety and loneliness. This lecture asks: does automated comfort aid reflection, or displace responsibility? AI systems are increasingly positioned as supports for anxiety, loneliness, and distress. This lecture examines large language models trained to simulate therapeutic dialogue alongside biofeedback systems that modulate physiological states. We distinguish responsiveness from empathy, asking where AI may scaffold reflection and where automated comfort subtly displaces responsibility. A lecture by Professor Matt Jones This event is also available to watch live online. To register, visit: AI as Therapist? Intimacy Without Understanding | Gresham College
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