Who Reduces Loneliness Better — an AI Chatbot or a Peer? AI and Mental Health – Ep. 8

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Is a highly empathetic AI chatbot or a randomly assigned peer better at reducing loneliness? A conversation with researcher Ruo-Ning Li on what she found.

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