So What's Our Stance?

When first beginning the research into this topic I was shocked to even see this was an issue at all. I first heard of this issue when watching Saha Luccioni's TEDTalk. She gives a great example about how a woman of color who was eight months pregnant was detained for car jacking due to an AI wrongfully identifying her. Luccioni pointing this issue out was a great way to show examples of how AI can be biased but that's not where she stops. She actually furthers her point by giving more examples. She talks about how forensic profiling has played a part in spitting stereotypes back at you when you are trying to describe a person accused of specific crimes. To say this is disgusting is an understatement. AI should not be playing a part in criminal profiling especially when its been proven to have racial and gender biases. 

To put it plain and simple AI has no place in therapy. People can make the argument that its more accessible but what your getting is bad advice in a vulnerable state. That's not help, that enabling and its extremely dangerous. People go to school for years to become phycologists and therapists and there is a reason for that. Its so from one human being to another we can understand and help each other throughout the hardships of life. AI is not human, its not capable of understanding human emotions. Therefore it cannot help you, it can only tell you what it thinks you want to hear. AI is designed to please its users not save their lives.