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The AI robot therapist will see you now

With artificial intelligence pervading every part of life and chatbots available 24/7, will there still be a place for psychiatrists?

Digital mental health has become a multibillion-dollar industry. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PIXABAY
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Pervasively, and often insidiously, artificial intelligence has infiltrated and woven itself into our lives.

We have AI customer service chatbots answering our queries; AI delivering our Google searches tagged with unsolicited curated ads; AI translating between languages; AI buying and selling stocks, writing corporate reports, and picking potential hires.

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