AI Can Do More Than Just Write Cheeky Facebook Posts, By: Jason Hahr
The picture above shows a little boy being examined by a doctor. The boy is pale and wears a striped shirt, blue shorts, and socks. The clinician is shown talking to the little boy. In a world where artificial intelligence is more prevalent now than ever, it is crucial to understand the technology and its possible impact on the disability community. Most of us are familiar with applications such as Chat GPT. Chat GPT allows a user to provide a prompt and then has artificial intelligence write a document based on the prompt for those unfamiliar. Numerous other applications are similar to Chat GPT, and AI is slowly taking over the world. Soon, we will live in the Matrix, but not all AI will necessarily be bad. In an article published by Disability Scoop last August, which I will link below, a new and exciting use for AI was discussed. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have developed an app that has the potential to diagnose Autism early in childhood. The model...