Advantage Risk Management Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinji Torigoe) conducted a survey on how clients of its counseling services, who are seeking help for personal issues, utilize AI. The results showed that more than 40% of the 101 respondents had consulted AI before using the counseling service.
This survey aims to clarify the roles and expectations of AI versus human support based on the voices of actual clients.
【Key Findings】
1. AI-assisted consultation is growing even before professional counseling Over 40% of respondents stated they used AI to consult about their concerns before using our service, indicating AI is already functioning as an 'entry point for consultation.'
2. AI helps organize thoughts, but human support is sought for the 'core' issues Clients choose human counseling for reasons such as wanting to hear a human's perspective and feeling that while AI helped organize their thoughts, it could not address the core of the issue. While AI handles thought organization, human support is sought for fundamental insights.
3. AI and humans are used as 'support with different roles' Users appreciate the convenience and ease of organizing thoughts with AI, while valuing the 'intuitive understanding,' 'sorting through deep dialogue,' and 'contextual understanding' provided by human counseling, often using both concurrently.
4. Strengths and challenges observed through free-text responses The strengths of human support lie in 'depth of understanding' and 'contextual comprehension,' while the strengths of AI lie in 'convenience' and 'ease of organization.' It is suggested that AI is primarily used as a tool for organizing thoughts rather than a stand-alone solution.
FACT BOX
- Source: PR TIMES
- Category: Survey