Here’s the study itself. It is pretty cleverly designed, even though it can’t be compared to a therapeutic relationship—at all.
People basically signed up to get couples help — and received a message. Then, they had to guess whether the response they got was from ChatGPT or a therapist; people were close to chance!
Then, still without knowing, they had to rate the quality of the response.
People basically signed up to get couples help — and received a message. Then, they had to guess whether the response they got was from ChatGPT or a therapist; people were close to chance!
Then, still without knowing, they had to rate the quality of the response.
https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/jo...