Artificial Intelligence That Helps Seniors Stay in their Homes | Mai Lee Chang | TEDxOshkosh

As the world's population of older adults expands, there is a growing need for care support, especially in light of increasing desire for seniors to age in their own homes. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to fill this gap, however, the biggest challenge to successful aging-in-place technology assistance has been a lack of adoption and acceptance.
Supported by large volumes of data, defining care support needs in the senior population, AI has the potential to provide personalized intelligent care to seniors, and to navigate the complex social and task-based demands coordinating a diverse network of caregivers to maintain meaningful quality of life for seniors.
Mai Lee Chang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (School of Computer Science) at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research is part of the AI-Caring National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute that focuses on developing the next generation of personalized collaborative AI systems that improve the quality of life of aging adults living at home.
She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to her Ph.D., she worked as an engineer at NASA-Johnson Space Center. She received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and B.S. in Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@theyearwas1473]

Speaking as somebody who has worked in the healthcare for about a decade. The AI can't do a worse job than the people being paid as CNAs and nurses right now. For every two good CNAs or nurses you get eight that aren't worth it. I've been in hundreds of facilities all over the Midwest anywhere they shove old people. I would fire 80% of the staff I've met over the 10 years I've worked

[@trustoldpaths1415]

Don't worry your job won't exist soon

[@jackdare]

As a single person who had major surgery, I'd have had a MUCH easier/faster recovery with a bot to help with everything while my brain was scrambled on pain meds! The countless hours in the phone scheduling appts, making sure meds were ready at pharmacy (that alone is an essay) is SO discouraging, stressful, even physically painful... you just can't understand without living through it. So f-yeah I'd have LOVED a bot to advocate for me, temporarily.

[@patriciakromer3846]

Very challenging, indeed. You go girl!

[@rexdekoning285]

Excellent talk, Mai Lee! Blessings!

[@mattcha3353]

Awesome job Mai Lee! Rather we like it or not, AI is the new frontier and we can use it to our benefit.

[@libbywiskowski9618]

As a hospice healthcare worker for over a decade no, Ai cannot be used ALONE in direct caregiving professions. Try it.. you'll fail and people will suffer. Especially the people you are trying to help. I see the conversation of boundaries, safety ect but it's not enough. Treatment of workers, quality of life of those workers will help and safe work environments. Worker pay is important, compassionate care is most important tho and bots/ai cant deliver what I can deliver for end of life/memory care. Period

[@jackdare]

Not yet....

[@therealvbw]

​@@jackdare after the flying cars and the Hyperloop

[@jackdare]

@@therealvbw think I'll also have time for a scenic cruise around Jupiter first? 🤩

[@mdiaz6110]

Absolutely not 😢

[@luciagonzalez9065]

Of course not!!

[@therealvbw]

Very interesting talk, but the bit about synthesizing a loved one's voice to stop someone from wandering off sounded a little dystopian

[@stephaneboisjoli1320]

At that point the seniors are starting to be a little distopian too thought.. It starts to get into "how long do we keep someone alive who's not really there?".

[@celestialcircledance]

My only issue would be whether bots would be able to notify doctors or social workers of your decline on your behalf forcing you into a nursing home against your will. . Otherwise sign me up!

[@sachiperez]

and kids now have AI friends 🤯

[@teyhoonboon5853]

Most of scientific technology come with certain levels of shortcomings. Many of seniors suffer not one but a variety of illnesses, humans have ability to sense different of feelings and responds from elderly. However,this cannot be done perfectly by robot.

[@stephaneboisjoli1320]

Can it? Doctors fail to find stuff they should have, if the AI notices it first..

[@trustoldpaths1415]

Why can't we take care of them. They took care of us. What's so important that we can't be there for them . More virtual living.? Make Life real again

[@stephaneboisjoli1320]

Can't do it with this birth rate. Nor with the monetary overhead that healthcare tends to have.

[@lidiasantoro3098]

Excellent talk! Thank you really interesting!

[@domsau2]

I trust robots to take care of myself better than humans.

[@DeathChild7]

AI is only as smart as the person who programmed it, I do not want to be taken care of by a robot or AI, why are we trying to delete human interaction?

[@stephaneboisjoli1320]

Because there won't be enough nurses, especially with there being less people born now?

[@tommyjohn8601]

Better than what is currently doing the job!

[@mikespike2099]

I would much rather M.A.D (Medically Assisted ☠️)

[@MeRia035]

Me too

[@Ptaaruonn]

Considering most AIs behave like Dori (finding Nemo) with brain, I would not trust any AI to take care of anyone, much less my family or myself.

[@stephaneboisjoli1320]

That's a caricature of an AI you're talking about. The real thing will be much different.

[@yowwwwie]

I do think there is a role for AI in caregiving.....however....the paradox here is that the programs may not fit the human being. If you actually believe that humans are just another form of life on this planet....I'm afraid you've missed something. Humans are essentially spiritual beings in a a physical form.....vastly misunderstood and our cognitive abilities are underrated. I do think that robots...such as a self driving car is an assistive device that will be used. I see KP messing around with AI in sorting out what someone wants and then tries to do the 20 questions.....instead of just letting the human message the darn doc. Truly frustrating. Eventually AI thinks it will overcome humans, whereas we humans know that we are far more stubborn than any AI. יוי

[@143prettycool]

Any body can say where can we see our personal history to know better.

[@MeRia035]

@1:08 it's not only training of the dog, most dogs are very intelligent. Their senses are grades above humans'. Instinctively they are keenly aware of dangerous situations & people. I know this is an off topic comment but i am fed up with the types of humans that regard and speak of animals as less- than 😥 It seems it's usually the academic types as well

[@BrianMcInnis87]

Al: Won the popular vote. A.I.: Artificial intelligence. Get it right.

[@therealvbw]

Brian McInnis's campaign against sans-serif fonts

[@deemoallday]

The world of technology will change the way of the human life …… like it or not new technology is coming.

[@evmdnews1]

Did I understand you well, you took a crash course and now make me understand? Did consult with professionals and how many from all cultures? 5:38

[@sicfrynut]

no. because humans program AI and humans are doing a lousy job of taking care of seniors.

[@omkarg7]

If this channel have so many subscribers, why it's views are so less

[@143514355]

Because this is just out for 4 hours. Check when it's 4 weeks

[@wallsgreebo8352]

Short answer - no.

[@sicosico3426]

Of course NOT

[@FMFvideos]

Old people shouldn't drive. If you can't dodge a ball, you can't dodge people.

[@NRNaghmaVlog]

🎉🎉🎉 please retun me please 🙏🥺

[@bubbles.stu26]

No. Actual trained humans work. No need to reinvent the wheel.

[@arr165]

Can AI replace Ted? At this point - yeah

[@GamesterTheBest7]

Another day, another AI talk.

[@gregolsen7102]

Nope!!!

[@mr.nurav_nifty]

We should use Ai to watch p0rπ

[@therealvbw]

You don't need AI to do that

[@lisaluckman]

😂😂😂

[@lisaluckman]

What a mess

[@TheExistenceClass0]

Whats The Difference? When We Will be Having IE Using AI ? IE ? Illusionary Experience

[@difusiondigital3181]

​​@@TheExistenceClass0 IE?

[@TheExistenceClass0]

Everything these Robots Will be Doing! What Is Left Then what would we do ? Eat potato chips while watching cartoons?

[@DeathChild7]

I read a thing in Wired magazine in 2006, it was just a tiny 3 paragraph blurb that said ALL jobs would be replaced by robots and then UBI will be brought in cause you still will have to pay for things so they will give a tiny set amount of money to "enjoy life" with. They did this experiment with mice, they gave the mice everything, they wanted for nothing, and still some mice rebelled. Why? the had no purpose, so lets do it the humans. The people making all the rules for people they don't know, are sociopaths.

[@theyearwas1473]

She needs more practice public speaking it felt like listening to a robot flight attendant.

[@amylinnn]

Maybe you can kindly skip the video if you don’t want to listen to her. Also, I just want to clarify that this is my aunty. She is one of the FIRST Hmong women to work with NASA! She just graduated with her PhD in electrical and computer engineering. Honestly, public speaking is not easy for everyone. She is very lucky to have this opportunity to have a Ted-talk.🤍

[@theyearwas1473]

@@amylinnn 1. It's on the internet expect people's opinions. 2. I don't know why you felt the need to throw down her credentials none of that had anything to do with what I said.