El algoritmo de la inteligencia artificial y el de la transferencia: diferencias en el lazo terapéutico y el estatuto del otro.

Abstract

This research addressed the differences between the therapeutic bond and the status of the Other regarding the influence of the artificial intelligence algorithm on modes of relating in contemporary psychotherapy. The study was deemed significant as it facilitates an understanding of artificial intelligence's impact on the formation of subjectivity and its specific role in therapeutic interventions with young people. Its general objective was to analyse how artificial intelligence functions as an "algorithmic Other" within the therapeutic bond, in contrast to the transference algorithm, to understand its effects on contemporary clinical practice. Methodologically, the study employed a qualitative approach with a descriptive method, grounded in an interpretive-phenomenological research paradigm. In turn, the data collection techniques employed were document analysis (using academic and scientific bibliographic management tools) and structured interviews, conducted via questionnaires with a group of six individuals selected through theoretical non-probabilistic sampling. Finally, the results indicate that the use of artificial intelligence within the clinical setting entails limitations regarding the relational bond and the construction of knowledge, given that its immediate and personalized nature precludes the capacity to interpret and address the analysand’s distress, thereby leaving out constitutive aspects of transference and subjectivity.