{"slug": "six-problems-when-you-try-to-build-an-ai-therapist", "title": "Six Problems When You Try to Build an AI Therapist", "summary": "Emily Lee, a developer, outlines six challenges encountered when building an AI therapist, including issues with empathy, safety, and user trust. The post highlights the technical and ethical hurdles in creating AI for mental health support.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://emilylee293105.substack.com/p/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49165140\n\nPoints: 2\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build-an-ai-therapist", "canonical_source": "https://emilylee293105.substack.com/p/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build", "published_at": "2026-08-04 06:56:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 07:23:00.356032+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-safety", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Emily Lee"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build-an-ai-therapist", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build-an-ai-therapist.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build-an-ai-therapist.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/six-problems-when-you-try-to-build-an-ai-therapist.jsonld"}}