Could your phone help predict your mental health? | Anind Dey | TEDxUofW

Anind shares how AI can be a powerful tool in supporting mental health. Anind K. Dey is a Professor and Dean of the Information School at the University of Washington. Anind is renowned for his early work in context-aware computing, an important theme in modern computing. His research is at the intersection of human-computer interaction, machine learning, and ubiquitous computing. He applies a human- centered and problem-based approach through a collaboration with an amazing collection of domain experts in areas of substance abuse, mental health, transportation needs, smart spaces, sustainability, and education.
Anind was inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy in 2015 and was recognized as an ACM Fellow in 2022 for his significant contributions to the fields of human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing. Before coming to the UW, he was a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University for almost 15 years and was a Senior Researcher at Intel Research. He received his PhD in Computer Science, Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and his Bachelor of Applied Science from Simon Fraser University.
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[@funnytv-1631]

Find some silence as you allow yourself to rest. Don’t give away all your waking hours to noise. This is not a stolen moment. It has always belonged to you. Even if your own time is only available to you as you fall asleep, enjoy it as if you are floating on a gentle lake of solitude. Stay with yourself in the quiet. Indulge in it like you are nestling into a soft blanket.

[@candicemitchell6093]

Poetry.

[@sweebos]

🙂

[@WordsWithHats]

Based on what's being shown in my ads and the types of new movies and shows are showing up. I'm pretty sure my datas been mined and trailered to attract my attention.

[@WordsWithHats]

Intentionally or not.

[@KANGGOOEv94]

I ❤ how speakers that come on this platform always try to sell us a pretty image of an Orwellian nightmare.. Destroy your phones and anything that collects data on you!

[@StasiSLG]

NO THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT EVERY APP GETTING MY MEDICAL INFO. SCREW THIS.

[@venkataponnaganti]

Yuval Harari"s words of yester years are coming true.

[@terristripstipsandtalk]

😊 That's an invasion of privacy

[@omhacker8152]

Gth

[@adoxartist1258]

My phone can keep its snotty nose out of my business.

[@OK-fo7ot]

It's time to destroy our phones and see the world. I'm a victim!

[@tactileslut]

Prefer to leave your phone at home while jogging? Health insurance rates go up. Like to listen to things in bed? Same. Someone has and keeps and will share with The System exactly where I was for every minute of the past month? To the extent possible, NO. Makes me want to self medicate just thinking about it. Binge drinking. Nice suggestion.

[@Contentrist]

I can see the value of this concept as a tool and I support it. But at the same time I will probably buy an old school phone just to make sure this tool can't be used on me. I will be against such a tool becoming mandatory/would support my freedom to not to carry any devices using such tool.

[@mnickk2986]

Well I personally find this so interesting and useful! 10 years ago I toured an ambulance/emergency services company that introduced me to their predictive software that they used to position ambulances In areas that were most likely to need them at any specific time. Very cool!

[@Anonymous-yc9fl]

It will notify the proper authorities to your thought crimes

[@tylergob9399]

HATE THIS! Data, and the colection of it is able to be done with unbeliveable speed. The human brain dealing with whatever mental health issue, needs time and life experience to catch up. Usage of data in this way is not only an invasion of privacy, but seems like an easy tool to attempt to force someone into doing something they're not ready for. Simply because an algirithm determined it by their person online data.

[@jaytsecan]

Well said - thank you. Unfortunately, this is how are Orwellian nightmare starts - present a benign/useful case for collecting data and violating privacy, and then branch off from there to use the data in whatever ways necessary to achieve the goals of the 1% class.

[@jennsteele57]

This sounds like something Apple could integrate into their health app. It’s our data, and that data should remain with us unless we allow it to be shared. If this data could be a useful tool for the individual, then provide it to the individual. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤓😁

[@mblake0420]

FK NO 1984 MINORITY REPORT SHT. No fkn way

[@elizabethredmond4585]

No it could not!! I have for YEARS had my phone show a history of " likes" and " watched" videos constantly show up that I'm not intrested in and or didn't watch, this continually sticks me in a rut of videos geared at staying " dumber down" man if your basing evidence on pho e information where all hooped❤

[@schlons]

No.

[@nylonkid01]

These days it creates distress so yeah it could predict what happens when its hijacked and becomes unreliable regardless of network.

[@paulferrara9079]

I am going to the garage and smashing my phone 😮

[@honeysugar1]

Whoa... this is minority report level. Not good

[@sr2291]

I doubt it because a lot of my data is looking up information to comment on YT and not generated from me.

[@MaxAdventuresWith7]

I understand the value of predicting mental health for those dealing with disorders. For sure, the data and the tools are available for those that want it (by choice). I, similarly, am on a mission of predicting numbers, win the jackpot, and share it with others! Smartphones keep us connected, so maybe it can be done through the collective mental focus. Is it possible? I don't know, but I am trying... 🍀

[@yamilacarmona4651]

Good point!

[@candicemitchell6093]

Thief.

[@Plutonianpodcast]

This is 1984/brave new world.

[@bukurie6861]

Thank you for intresting TEDx talk😍🌏

[@mblake0420]

Propaganda for WEF

[@user-wp6if9on6m]

ولا فهمت حاجه😢

[@emuyyeetamru9171]

😮😢

[@daffyduck1937]

This sounds like some Minority Report stuff right here

[@mattiadizard7431]

Would it prevent school shootings that's all I want to know

[@jaytsecan]

Very good question - why is no one focusing on important questions like the one you mentioned, and instead working on less revelant issues ? Is it a money incentive thing ?

[@teeve1500]

This is terrfying Am gonna get payasyougo nontraceable tomorrow God help us all

[@penniemartin3725]

Might having to deal with "smart" devices CAUSE the symptoms of poor mental health?

[@George79386]

Hello dear How are you doing?

[@user-tx1pp9vo4m]

Do we actually have free will?

[@aakuster]

More WEF propaganda from TED🤫

[@alannaprather]

Could Your Phone Aggravate Your Mental Health is a better title and topic. Fools.

[@George79386]

Hello dear How are you doing ?

[@francescabuldrini7472]

Uuuuh

[@suncatto]

Psycho pass in real life?

[@sweebos]

Weirdge 🤨