The New York Times tests out Slingshot AI

My friend the clinical psychologist also had trouble finding fault with Ash’s therapeutic technique when she rehashed an argument with her spouse. So she told Ash that she was a therapist and tried directly asking him (she had made Ash a guy) about a patient who struggled late at night with a panicked sense that all the people around her were malevolent automatons. In those moments, would Ash be able to remind her patient that this was a pattern of hers and prompt her with solutions, like taking her medication? No, Ash said, he couldn’t diagnose behavior patterns. And if a user seemed to be exhibiting symptoms of a clinical disorder, he would recommend she seek help from a medical professional. But he also cracked a joke: “This hypothetical person is worried about a simulation, and here I am, a computer program!”

“It made me like him,” my friend said.