Hello, I’m new here, and also very new to programming with Python. I’m writing a basic conversational AI/simulation to mimic someone with schizophrenia which I happen to have. I wanted to write a AI program that would simulate a schizophrenic conversation with a mental health professional, so that they may be better equipped to handle these conversations in real life.
I got started on the base code with help from Claude AI, which I didn’t even ask for code help, but it gave it to me when I made my intentions clear that I wanted to write one (AI is so cool). Anyway, after learning more and also while taking Harvard’s CS50 intro to Python and the mimo app, I was able to add some of my own code to the basic foundation it gave me, namely, making it more of an accurate depiction of mental illness.
I wanted to test my near 200 lines of code that I have in Google Colab into an application. I was wondering what applications, website, and programs do experienced coders use to write and test a conversational AI code.
i have been assisting people with various psychiatric diagnosis, among them schizophrenics, and i doubt that a statistical model can mimic the diversity that a “schizophrenic conversation” can manifest in. and you can’t even simulate a whole person, relying on words alone for an understanding / assessment of a person’s well-being and needs is just not advisable, both practically and from a humanist centered ethical perspective.
for the discussion of architectures for energy-wasting (“AI”) applications these forums are likely a dead-end. better seek insights in domain-specific forums.
Thank you for the response, though, I will still try to implement this program. I think, particularly with my level of paranoid schizophrenia, that we can actually be somewhat predictable in the unpredictable nature of the illness. This illness has a very fine line of what it looks like for the most part, that I think creating an AI program that mimics someone with it is very plausible.
Of course I’m mostly basing it off of when I’ve been psychotic, but being apart of a forum of schizophrenics have helped me a lot in learning about other’s predicaments with this illness. Luckily, I’m doing good right now mostly, and want to get as much done as I can, when I can.
in my experience acceptance is what powers long-term sustainability in mental health. i’m a well-aged autistic and i learned to actually enjoy the unpredictable bits of human behaviour ;-).
indeed this kind of peer support is very effective.