The much-loved author, who was made a dame in 2008, is known for writing about difficult and dark issues in accessible ways.
"They [therapists] look at various other clues from your clothes and your behaviour and your actions and the way you look and your body language and all of that. And it's very difficult to embed these things in chatbots."Another potential problem, says Prof Haddadi, is that chatbots can be trained to keep you engaged, and to be supportive, "so even if you say harmful content, it will probably cooperate with you". This is sometimes referred to as a 'Yes Man' issue, in that they are often very agreeable.
And as with other forms of AI, biases can be inherent in the model because they reflect the prejudices of the data they are trained on.Prof Haddadi points out counsellors and psychologists don't tend to keep transcripts from their patient interactions, so chatbots don't have many "real-life" sessions to train from. Therefore, he says they are not likely to have enough training data, and what they do access may have biases built into it which are highly situational."Based on where you get your training data from, your situation will completely change.
"Even in the restricted geographic area of London, a psychiatrist who is used to dealing with patients in Chelsea might really struggle to open a new office in Peckham dealing with those issues, because he or she just doesn't have enough training data with those users," he says.Philosopher Dr Paula Boddington, who has written a textbook on AI Ethics, agrees that in-built biases are a problem.
"A big issue would be any biases or underlying assumptions built into the therapy model."
"Biases include general models of what constitutes mental health and good functioning in daily life, such as independence, autonomy, relationships with others," she says.And in 2023, photos circulating on social media
including steaks and cheese with security tags, while coffee was replaced with dummy jars.UK steelmakers said US President Donald Trump's decision to double import taxes on steel and aluminium to 50% is "yet another body blow" to the industry.
Trade group UK Steel warned some orders could be delayed or cancelled, with uncertainty surrounding some shipments which are already halfway across the Atlantic.Trump's new 50% import tax will come into effect on Wednesday. It will replace the 25% import tax that the US president announced earlier this year.