Project Title

The Listener

One sentence description

The Listener is web application that provides a safe and welcoming space for you to express any frustrations you may be facing with unwavering support and genuine care.

Inspiration

People are using ChatGPT as their personal therapist

AI bot therapy with ChatGPT, despite cautions, finds some enthusiasts

ChatGPT are surprisingly compassionate and helpful. When talking to an AI, you don’t feel the stress of exposing your vulnerability with another individual.

And sometimes we’re not even looking for any advices or solutions. It just generally make us feel better when we can talk about our frustrations to someone who is compassionate and could validate our feelings! A chat AI seems to be the perfect candidate.

Benefits:

• It cost less, both time-wise and money-wise: going to therapists cost a lot, while talking to an AI is free (at least for now)
• There is less pressure when you’re sharing your vulnerability with a program than another person

Opportunities

• The current interface (OpenAI interface) feels very unwelcoming, especially for someone who is looking for emotional comfort
  • More diverse presentations: sounds, visuals
• Allowing users to verbally talk about their frustrations, instead of typing them down
  • Speech-to-text recognition