Therapeutic conversational artificial intelligence and the Acquisition of Self-understanding
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Interactions with a chatbot implementing CBT techniques might put a user in a better position to recognize the connections between one's emotions, motivations, thoughts, and behavior, past and present, including one's interpretations of and relations with others, which is arguably at least an element of acquiring self-understanding.
“as we argue in (58), interactions with a chatbot implementing CBT techniques might put a user in a better position to recognize “the connections between one’s emotions, motivations, thoughts, and behavior, past and present, including one’s interpretations of and relations with others” (59) (pp. 154–5), which is arguably at least an element of the process of acquiring self-understanding.”
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- Authors
- Grodniewicz, J. P., & Hohol, M.
- Affiliations
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- Corresponding author
- Grodniewicz, J. P.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Bioethics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2023-05-02
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 59-61
- ISSN
- 1526-5161 (ISSN-L)
- 1536-0075
- OpenAlex
- W4367693059
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 0.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The American Journal of Bioethics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- conversational AI, therapeutic chatbots, self-understanding, self-knowledge, psychotherapy, artificial intelligence in mental health care
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Psychotherapy
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