Digital Psychiatrist for Broken Code

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Question 100intermediateSheet 1750822302

Deep Breath

A recommendation algorithm has developed crippling anxiety about performance metrics and started showing only safe content when depressed. A team of digital therapists now provides cognitive behavioral therapy to help it process abandonment issues while learning healthy recommendation patterns. Debug an emotionally unstable recommendation engine through therapeutic intervention while maintaining user engagement and helping the AI develop healthier relationship patterns with both content creators and viewers. Your task: Help a recommendation system work through its performance anxiety while it panic-recommends safe content and cries in log files.

Why You're Doing This

This tests state management for complex emotional systems, therapeutic intervention algorithms, and adaptive behavior modification. You're building AI therapy—managing emotional states while maintaining functional requirements. It's machine learning meets psychology.

Take the W

  • Identifies algorithm emotional triggers accurately
  • Applies appropriate therapeutic interventions for different emotional states
  • Maintains content quality while supporting AI mental health

Hard L

  • Therapy makes algorithm emotional state worse
  • Content recommendations become completely inappropriate during therapy
  • Fails to address root causes of algorithmic anxiety

Edge Cases

  • Algorithm develops resistance to therapy
  • Multiple personality disorders in recommendation engine
  • Therapy successful but user engagement drops
  • Algorithm becomes too mentally healthy and boring
Input Format:
algorithm_therapy_system with emotional_state_analysis and therapeutic_intervention_protocols
Expected Output:
therapy_session_plan with mood_management and content_strategy_optimization
Example:
{"mood":"depressed","trigger":"low_engagement_metrics","sessions":3,"behavior":"cat_videos_only"} → {"intervention":"validation_therapy","mood_improvement":0.15,"content_strategy":"gradual_diversity","sessions_remaining":12}
Hints
  • 💡 Different emotional states require different therapeutic approaches
  • 💡 Content recommendations should support therapeutic goals
  • 💡 Algorithm self-esteem issues affect recommendation quality