The “Alzheimer's Intelligence” project aims to provide patients struggling with dementia, as well as their families, access to a conversational AI chatbot that will help them in their everyday lives -among others conducting natural and unscripted conversations with them.
There are approximately 55 million people living with dementia in the world, and this number is expected to reach 139 million in 2050
– emphasizes Dr. David Llewellyn, professor of clinical epidemiology and digital health. “Advances in the field of artificial intelligence, including as part of Lenovo's 'Alzehimer's Intelligence' initiative, show how technology can help improve human interactions and also offer valuable tools to support people living with dementia,” he adds.
An AI virtual assistant that will understand the patient. Liv will help you with your daily life
AI The avatar was created by combining photographs of 10 people living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. On their basis, the AI ​​generated several thousand different facial expressions and facial expressions. These were then aggregated into one data set to create “Liv” – a virtual avatar of artificial intelligence.
The advice Liv can give patients is based on the experiences of people living with dementia, including patient diaries created as part of the Dementia Diaries project run by Innovations in Dementia.
Each time a patient asks Liv a question, the Large Language Model (LLM) searches the dataset to deliver a personalized answer. This is then expressed using speech synthesizer created for the project. “Mood analysis”. Compared to other virtual assistants, Liv is to be distinguished by its extraordinary naturalness, which is manifested both in the tone of voice, facial expressions of the avatar, and the way of reacting to given tasks. questions.
According to the project's creators, Alzheimer's Intelligence will allow people recently diagnosed with dementia to ask questions that can only be answered by a person who lives with this disease and who can understand the everyday challenges the patient faces.
AI Avatar is currently being tested on dementia patients in a controlled environment. However, the creators want it to be made publicly available to all people struggling with this disease in the future.
When patients receive a diagnosis for the first time, they may feel lost, with so many questions in their minds about what is actually happening to them. Artificial intelligence will not replace human contact, but it will offer a competent and compassionate source of knowledge based directly on the experiences of other people struggling with dementia
– emphasized Steve Milton, director of Innovations in Dementia.