I Built An Ai Therapist That Only Gives Terrible Advice

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I built an AI therapist that only gives terrible advice — and yes, it’s exactly as chaotic as it sounds.

Using Deepgram’s Nova-3 (speech-to-text) and Aura-2 (text-to-speech) models, I gave life and a voice to an AI therapist trained to do one thing: offer the absolute worst advice imaginable. From awful dating tips to career-ruining suggestions, this bot is a masterclass in what not to say.

With prompts powered by Claude, I designed a system that sounds smart... but is emotionally unhinged.

0:00 Introduction
1:07 What is Good Advice?
1:37 Is Good Advice really that good?
2:55 The Problem & the Prompt
4:06 Giving the Therapist Ears & the Ability to Listen
6:22 Testing the Listening
7:04 Giving the Therapist a Brain (integrating with AI)
8:42 Testing the Thinking & Replies (GONE wrong)
9:24 Giving the Therapist a Voice
11:23 THE THERAPY SESSION