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Automating care

How the caring industry is being transformed by artificial intelligence

  • AI and dermatology apps for AI series

    These apps say they can detect cancer. But are they only for white people?

    People can use cellphones to catch a slew of skin conditions but questions of accuracy and biases in algorithm databases remain
  • Juanita Erickson, 93, and her 2nd generation robot companion, ElliQ in her studio apartment in Carlton Senior Living. ElliQ is an AI “companion” developed by the Israeli start-up Intuition Robotics. Erickson had two daughters with her first husband before he died in a small plane crash. As a teacher she was attending a teaching conference when she meet her second husband. They were married for 40 years. She has always been active: as a member of a writing group who wrote and performed, as a member a touring story telling duo telling stories of women and their experiences, and a chronicler of hats. She has moved to California to be closer to family.

    ElliQ is 93-year-old Juanita’s friend. She’s also a robot

    New technologies aim to help comfort, entertain and inform seniors but critics say machines trying to mimic human intimacy raise ethical issues
  • Melissa Harville checks the electronic visit verification app for her partner Kevin Hooper outside their home in Greenbrier, Arkansas.

    ‘We don’t deserve this’: new app places US caregivers under digital surveillance

    Electronic visit verification systems make homecare more difficult, trap people with disabilities, and cost more than paper timesheets. So why are they rolling out across the country?
  • How algorithms are cutting Americans' healthcare – video

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    What happened when a ‘wildly irrational’ algorithm made crucial healthcare decisions

  • ‘The question is, can AI, or digital tools generally, help us gather more precise data so that we can be more effective clinicians?’

    The computer will see you now: is your therapy session about to be automated?

    Experts say AI is set to grow rapidly in psychiatry and therapy, allowing doctors to spot mental illness earlier and improve care. But are the technologies effective – and ethical?
  • About Automating Care

  • ‘Systems that track a worker’s every movement and minute betray a deep cultural anxiety about the value of care and those who perform it.’

    Automating Care: about our new series on the rise of AI in caregiving

  • ‘There is a growing faith that tech can fill this gap by rapidly building care systems at scale, with the help of artificial intelligence and remote monitoring.’

    ‘Care bots’ are on the rise and replacing human caregivers

    Alexandra Mateescu and Virginia Eubanks
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    The future of elder care is here – and it’s artificial intelligence

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