The role and impact of artificial intelligence in health communication: A reflective paper
Rui Huang
The University Of Sydney, United States of America
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/pmcs.v7i3.11569
Keywords: Health communication; Depression prevention and treatment; Human-machine collaboration; Communication efectiveness; Emotional communication
Abstract
This paper, based on the author’s experience of collaborating with AI in a health communication project for depression prevention and treatment, reviews the cooperation process, analyzes the effectiveness and limitations of AI in health communication by combining relevant theories and literature, explores the boundaries between AI and humans and the possibility of future collaboration, and reflects on the impact on the improvement of the author’s own relevant knowledge and abilities.
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