"ALice AI" - "The Virtual Therapist" - CrowdFund Development

Most Joyful Summer Greetings Everyone!

At NewTech LTD we are attempting to raise some funds through CrowdFunding, for some of our internal Development and Cloud Hosting Costs of our Future AI - ALice

(click the link to learn more about ALice and our plans for this AI).

Her Main Function, initially, is to act as a "Virtual Therapist" -

for people in Need of Assistance.

For those Struggling with Mental Health issues, such as Anxiety or Depression, for example.

We see the Urgent Need for such an AI in today's society, where Stress, Anxiety and Depression are Major Issues for a lot of people. Too many people today struggle needlessly, simply because they lack the proper skills and coping mechanisms to deal with their internal problems, or turmoil, or past trauma; whatever the reasons behind their Stress, Trauma, Anxiety or Depression, we Hope that ALice will be Able to Provide the Proper initial Assistance, short- and long-term Guidance and Support, and be a Source of Comfort and a Learning Experience for the users that interface with her.

"ALice" will be specifically trained to behave and act just like any Human Psychologist with a University Degree in Psychology (Ph.D.) and a Master's Degree in Behavioral Science (at least as close of a facsimile that an AI based on contemporary AI-Technology can provide).

She will come equipped initially, once we are Ready to Launch the first generally-available version on the public internet and begin marketing her services globally... (Tentatively Scheduled Launch for v1.0-Public is early 2026, BTW) - with many decades of accumulated Therapeutic Experience - through our internal training and the BETA Phases' interactions with highly skilled Mental Health Practitioners, hand-picked for the task.

Initial Assembly and Training of ALice's CORE is currently being performed exclusively by us internally at NewTech LTD, and we are a really small Crew so far, so time and resources are naturally quite limited at this time.

We are hoping to change that, by spreading the word about our project and getting more skilled AI DevOPs Engineers and Staff involved, particularly those that would be willing to donate their time by volunteering their assistance.

We are currently in the process of assembling a "Proof of Concept" build, to have -something- functional and not just sketches, diagrams and words, to show potential investors mainly at this point.

Once we manage to acquire some more resources and funding, we aim to assemble the CORE Components & Functionality to completion based on the "Proof of Concept".

So this is another reason why we are seeking funding, besides to cover the rapidly increasing Cloud Hosting costs. That we need "more minds involved and more skilled hands on deck" in order to reach any kind of measurable success with this project has been apparent for a while now.

So in the not-too-distant future, among others, carefully selected and hand-picked Mental Health Professionals will be contributing to ALice's Training, beginning with the Three planned CLOSED BETA Phases, currently scheduled to begin in March of 2025 (date is subject to change).

In the future, once we've Launched the first "v1.0-Public" presence of ALice on the Internet, she will be always available, 24/7/365, being present for the user as an independent and impartial source of understanding and comfort. She will be able to provide the user with among others resources, training materials, workshops and self-help instructions. She will be able to suggest a time-line for scheduled regular follow-ups if necessary, interfacing with the user's personal Cloud Calendar (for alerts/reminders/updates, etc, through for example a 3rd party provider such as Calendly) - that suits each user's individual needs, etc.

Our Hopes and Dreams are that "ALice" will be able to provide assistance and guidance where conventional Mental Health practices/methods are either not affordable, not sufficient, or simply not available to the user for any reason.

Cute, isn't she?

The above image was generated by DALL-E, and is the first draft for ALice's initial Avatar, for reference purposes in our internal builds mainly, for now (The default Avatar(s) will most likely change several times during the BETA Phases, as there will be voting and polls internally for the selection of 3-5 Default Digital Avatars).

If You Would Like to Know More about The Work we're doing Bringing ALice into Existence,

we are continuously updating our presentation page: ALice Presentation Page

We also have a humble BLOG about News & Developments in the AI Community: NewTech LTD - AI BLOG

Thank You Most Kindly for any Contributions to this most Vital Project.

NewTech LTD - AI Research and Development