Go To on the Mental Health AI Chatbot Made for Real Life

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

When someone admits they're struggling at 2 AM, should they have to wait until morning to talk to another human? Kelly shares her TED stage conversation with Dr. Allison Darcy, creator of Woebot, an AI therapy tool used by over 1.5 million people. From questions about who profits when we share our deepest fears to whether perfect AI responsiveness might make us reject messy human relationships, this conversation explores what happens when technology enters our most vulnerable moments. Through reflections on business models, red lines and the surprising ways people use AI as practice for real conversations, Kelly and Allison wrestle with whether these tools are helping us become more human or less—and how we might tell the difference before it's too late. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, everyone, so look at the numbers from Q1, and you'll see that there's a sharp...
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0:06.8	And that's why it's crucial that we mean...
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0:39.5	Hey, everybody.
0:43.0	This short segment is called a go-to.
0:47.8	It refers back to this crazy thing we used to do at the end of our sorority meetings in college.
0:50.1	If you can believe that, it was called for the good of the order.
1:02.3	And it was a way to share something that had emerged over the course of the week, which really was a bit of learning or thinking or feeling that was to everyone's benefit to share.
1:09.9	And so that's all we'll do here. Every Friday, we release a go-to, and we encourage you to share it with friends around the country.
1:15.3	We know that people use it as a way to stay in touch with their best friends across the country and, of course, far-flung family members, wherever they might be.
1:20.3	And as for your local nearest and dearest, consider it fodder for discussion over the course of the weekend.
1:26.2	This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders in our weekly segment called GoTo.
1:35.0	Welcome to a very special go-to series featuring a set of conversations and TED talks about how AI might involve itself in family life.
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