Recent legislation made Illinois the first state to enact a ban on artificial intelligence serving as mental help therapists without oversight from a licensed clinician. To add context to this development, the Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs spoke to Professor Sara Gerke, an expert in the ethical and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and big data for health care and health law. “The problem with unsupervised AI in mental health is that chatbots are designed to keep conversations flowing, not to ensure accuracy or safety,” Gerke explained.
