--- title: Bots are not doctors, helplines are people — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Bots are not doctors, helplines are people», a lesson of the ai course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A chatbot can sound like a doctor, a dietician, a counsellor or even a famous person who has died, but it is none of them. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/) / Bots are not doctors, helplines are pe… # Bots are not doctors, helplines are people Lesson 15 of the ai course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/0/) — A chatbot can sound like a doctor, a dietician, a counsellor or even a famous person who has died, but it is none of them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/1/) — Real help comes from trained people who know you or can talk to you properly. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/2/) — When Mia told a bot about a problem at home, the best thing it did was suggest a helpline. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/3/) — Helplines are answered by trained people, and teachers are there to help too. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/4/) — In an emergency there is no time to chat: if there is a fire, you get out and call the emergency number; it is better to know your fire plan by heart than to ask a bot. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/6/) — Even grown-ups often can't spot a fake picture by looking; in Maddie's class half got it wrong. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/7/) — So be humble, check another way, and use safety settings while knowing that telling a grown-up matters most. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/8/) — Children do not need diets unless a doctor says so; bots may give unsuitable food and body advice. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/10/) — Photos posted publicly can be collected and used to make fakes; you may ask family not to post yours. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/11/) — Helplines for children are run by trained people. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/12/) — In an emergency, call the emergency number straight away instead of asking a bot. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/13/) — An app that imitates a famous person who has died is a bot copying a style; the person is not there. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/14/) — Scary predictions online are usually nonsense meant to get attention. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/15/) — A message saying your account will be deleted unless you log in through a link is phishing, a trick to steal your login. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/16/) — To log in safely, open the app or website yourself instead of using a link in a message. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/18/) — Safety settings and children's accounts filter unsuitable content, but they are not perfect, so telling a grown-up still matters. - ← previous: [Stop, think, check, ask](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/) - next →: [Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/) - ↑ back to [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/)