AI won't replace psychologists, it will only make them better

The app store was flooded with chatbots and automated digital programs, based on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and designed to provide a therapeutic solution to common human problems such as stress, depression, and anxiety. These apps have been marketed as the next hot thing that would replace the need to attend treatment and open up to a therapist. But if we learned anything from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that interpersonal relationships are a fundamental human need. Therapists have reported a threefold increase in demand for psychological treatment since the onset of the pandemic. Psychologists, more than ever, are inundated by referrals and increased distress in their clients.