AI chatbots are replacing therapists. Is that a service or a betrayal?
For the person who can't access therapy at all, AI is a lifeline - but for the rest of us, it's a thin substitute that feeds us the feeling of being heard without ever requiring us to be truly seen.
I remember 1986, the year I went on national television and told the world I was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. The network executives told me I was destroying my career. They said no one would ever trust me again. But what happened ...