HeyJaredCrisisTalk
Journalist Stephanie Hepburn examines gaps in America’s current mental health system and the innovations trying to bridge them. The first series explores the intersection of AI and mental health.
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Are AI Chatbots Creating a Shadow Mental Healthcare System? - Ep. 17 (opens the original)
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Researchers write a position paper outlining a roadmap for evaluating large language models for mental health. Will the AI companies listen? A conversation with Charlotte Blease, researcher and author of “Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us and How AI Could Save Lives,” on how AI is a mass population experiment. References Multidisciplinary research priorities for artificial intelligence in mental health: a call to action Strengthening ChatGPT’s Responses In Sensitive Conversations Dr Bot: Why Do...
More Young People Are Turning to AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice. Now What? - Ep 16 (opens the original)
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New study finds nearly a fifth of adolescents and young adults turning to AI chatbots for mental health advice. A conversation with RAND senior health policy researcher Ryan McBain on the study and whether youth may be sidestepping the skill building they need to navigate identity formation, friendships and dating. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review. References AI Chatbot Use and Disclosure for Mental Health Among US Adolescents and Young Adults We want to hea...
Canary in the Coal Mine: What is the Impact of AI on Tech Workers? Part 2 – Ep 15 (opens the original)
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How is AI affecting the well-being of people working in tech? A conversation with data scientist Brandon Liverence on spikes in layoffs in the tech world and the escalating existential fears he and his peers have about whether they’ll be replaced by AI and what comes next. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review. References Is AI Triggering Anxiety and OCD? — Ep 11 Canary in the Coal Mine: What is the Impact of AI on Tech Workers? Part 1 — Ep 14 We want to hear fro...
Canary in the Coal Mine: What is the Impact of AI on Tech Workers? Part 1 — Ep 14 (opens the original)
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Job insecurity, overload and burnout have implications for our well-being. How employees are faring in the tech industry is a bellwether test for what impacts AI may have on the labor market as a whole and the people who comprise it. A conversation with Ella, an AI researcher, on how LLMs are shifting job expectations, the AI productivity paradox and the overall meta-anxiety in the industry. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review. References Is AI Triggering Anxie...
What’s Happening With All Your Therapy App Messages? — Ep 13 (opens the original)
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From subpoenaed therapy sessions to messages being used to train AI therapy chatbots, how private are therapy apps? A conversation with Annie Gilbertson, investigative reporter and managing editor for Proof News.
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