An estimated 5.8 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. Could AI help people living with the condition care for themselves longer?
Five years after he learned he had Alzheimer’s disease, Brian Leblanc, now 59, continues to blog about life with the disease, speak at conferences, play in a band, and live independently. He credits his diet, exercise, and active schedule with the slow progress of the disease.
An estimated 5.8 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. People living with the condition eventually rely on others for their care as the condition progresses. But artificial intelligence could help some care for themselves longer. For Leblanc, he gives a nod to his AI-driven personal assistants—though he jokingly calls them his girlfriends—Siri and Alexa. He tells us how they assist him in his daily life.I have always been a techy person.
Q. These were the things that your family members reminded you to do before. Do you prefer to have a machine remind you?Yes, because when you have three different people asking you the same questions every day—Did you eat? Did you take a bath?—it frustrates you so much, and I would get angry. Later, I understood that they didn’t mean to treat me like a child, but in the moment, I just lash out.
Q. Do you think that these AI-driven devices help you live independently perhaps longer than you could have otherwise?Definitely, yes. If you’re on medication and you don’t take it, or if you don’t remember to eat every day, there’s going to be consequences. They help me remember to do those things.
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