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I am happy to announce that I have begun beta-testing Calmi. I have recruited 36 participants—mostly comprised of university students from the UK, Hong Kong, and Taiwan—for four weeks of committed testing. Special thanks to Netaniah Pinto for the recruitment help.   On other notes, I’m still studying frfront-end development. I recently completed a comprehensive […]

I spent December doing small group user testing and improving the overall user experience with Calmi. I made changes to the bot’s responses to improve the flow of the conversation. I’m currently looking into ways to make the bot more user friendly to first time users, since most users weren’t getting the most out of

It’s here guys!!! After 4 months of hard work, it’s finally here. I proudly present to you “Calmi”, an AI that you can talk with to help you with your mental health problems.   Calmi can help you deal with stress-producing thoughts by identifying and helping you change your negative thinking patterns.   Calmi is

Exciting news!!! I figured out how to integrate the cognitive restructuring exercise into my chatbot! I’ve also adjusted my bot to address the issues raised in previous testings. Preliminary user feedback indicated a significant improvement to user’s experience with the bot. In addition to being empathetic to the user, the bot is now giving concrete

September was eventful. On the development side, I created a prototype of Li early in the month to test whether delivering CBT self-help treatments through a chatbot is a viable option. A large chunk of the month was spent testing and adjusting Li’s backend instructions in python to make the “Cognitive Restructuring” (CR) exercise as

Early august was spent learning how to use ChatGPT’s API, and researching current AI chat bots that deliver mental health support. I also expanded my scope to the whole “self-care” market to gain a better understanding of the success criteria in this market.  After comprehensive research, I’ve identified fundamental flaws in currently available mental health

I decided to start blogging monthly updates on my Jamie\’s Gapyear Program (JGP) project. Here\’s a quick recap on the progresses I\’ve made the last two months. I proposed to Jamie Lin while applying for the project that I want to explore the possibilities of digitalising resources for mental health. I believe digitalising mental health