AI Health How an AI app is set to extend our lives
An individual health advisor is set to help people live longer. The prominent minds behind this idea see great potential in it.
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- Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington are working on an AI app called Thrive AI Health.
- It provides personalized recommendations on sleep, nutrition, fitness and stress management based on biometric data and lifestyle habits.
- The AI app is designed to help improve health behavior and is particularly useful for busy people.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already profoundly changed many areas of life. However, experts see its greatest potential in the healthcare sector. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, share this view and are working on a revolutionary AI app.
Their joint company Thrive AI Health is developing an AI health coach that will provide personalized recommendations on sleep, nutrition, fitness and stress management. Using biometric data and individual lifestyle habits, the app will provide customized health recommendations.
«We now have the opportunity to use this miracle tool for behavioral change.»
In an interview with Fortune, Arianna Huffington drew a historical comparison: just as the New Deal in the 1930s advanced the USA, AI could "serve in a much more effective healthcare system that continuously supports people in their everyday lives". The vision is a healthcare system that acts preventively and responds to individual needs.
Huffington emphasizes the transformative potential of AI. She criticizes previous blanket health advice such as "10,000 steps a day" or standardized diets as inadequate. "We now have the opportunity to use this miracle cure for behavior change," she said.
According to Huffington and Altman, an illustrative example of how the AI app can be used is a busy professional with diabetes. He has difficulty controlling his blood sugar levels due to numerous appointments and often misses meals. A personalized AI health coach could help him by reminding him to take his medication on time, suggesting healthy meals and encouraging him to take short exercise breaks.
Huffington emphasizes that the scalability and precision of AI are irreplaceable. Human coaches are not enough to reach all population groups. "AI gives us the opportunity for scale and precision," says Huffington. But to fulfill this role, Fortune says it must also address widespread concerns about data and security.
