AI & Mental Health

Could AI address the global mental health crisis at scale? And what are the risks and unknowns that go along with that?These are the questions being investigated by a working group called AIMHI (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/MrFBezseyfnQd9XmJ/seeking-feedback-an-initiative-on-ai-mental-health-and).In this episode, I talk to four members of the group about their field research as well as the mental health chatbot they're developing (https://stillwater.coach/), whose focus is on serving populations with severe mental healthcare shortages (https://impartial-priorities.org/p/ai-mental-health-chatbots-for-low).Find out more about Effective Mental Health: https://effectivementalhealth.comJoin one of AIMHI's weekly coworking sessions: https://luma.com/calendar/cal-JNJlcdItDuFEFcnRead about the project's theory of change: https://impartial-priorities.org/p/breaking-the-cycle-of-trauma-and