AI Therapy
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 5 episodes
My First Million 
the a16z Podcast 
Big Technology
6 statements about AI Therapy, every show
Shaan Puri: AI will reduce the cost of unlimited therapy to $9/month
“And this is going to happen in therapy and any other, any field where somebody's charging you know, a hundred dollars an hour or plus, you're going to suddenly be able to pay nine dollars a month and have unlimited access to that level of, you know, to that ex…”
Cahn: AI therapy must challenge users rather than validate them
“People don't like that. That's not what's helpful. That's not what builds a therapeutic alliance. What builds an alliance is being challenged. It's finding a new way to look at your problem.”
Cahn: AI therapy must preserve patient autonomy over short-term problem solving
“It is often better. And this is really controversial for a therapist. You know, you go to your therapist and you're like, is my boyfriend toxic? And the therapist might actually have to say, or to realize internally, it is better that this person remain in thi…”
Ratliff Wrote a Magazine-Length Biography to Prime His AI Clone
“I did. I did write a small, a magazine-length biography. I wasn't interesting enough for a full-length book biography, but I gave it a magazine-length biography of myself.”
Kuyda: AI Cannot Yet Fully Replicate In-Person Human Therapy
“And I don't think therapy as it is, it's possible yet to fully replicate with AI. That does not mean that we can build some version of AI therapy that could be helpful for people. It's just not going to be one-to-one the experience you get with a real person.”