Sunday, October 26, 2008

Robot Uprising Watch: Astronauts to emotionally rely on HAL-like spaceship program.

I'm pretty sure having a spaceship program lose faith in your mental capabilities is a bad idea. From HappyNews:

In the project, sponsored by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, a recorded video therapist guides astronauts through a widely used depression therapy called "problem-solving treatment."

The recording helps astronauts identify reasons for their depression. Then the program helps them make a plan to fight the depression, based on the descriptions the astronauts type in about their problems.

Astronauts also can learn strategies for handling conflict through interactive role-playing, and even read psychology books.

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