What No One Is Telling You About Using AI

About this episode

In this episode, Kimberly Beam Holmes discusses the misconceptions about AI with expert Jared Pratt.

AI isn't intelligent. It's a calculator that learned how to talk. And we're treating it like a therapist, a best friend, a dating coach, even a parent. In this episode, I sit down with Jared Pratt, our resident AI expert at Marriage Helper, and he breaks down what AI actually is and what it absolutely is not. No real understanding. No real empathy. No real wisdom. Just math predicting the next word. People are building entire relationships with chatbots. They're outsourcing responses to t...

People in this episode

Host: Kimberly Beam Holmes

Guest: Jared Pratt

Topics covered

• AI
• relationships
• technology
• mental health
• communication

Keywords

• AI
• artificial intelligence
• relationships
• chatbots
• empathy
• communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marriage Helper

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