Currently there are more than one billion inhabitants who live with some type of physical or mental limitation, according to figures from the World Bank, 15% of the world’s population suffers from some disability, which may not have access to services, education or work, even mobility problems as the most common, that is why artificial intelligence improves the quality of life for these people, but how does it do it?
This is how technology has as its main purpose to find adequate and efficient solutions to help the greatest number of people, make our lives simpler and more practical; Based on this concept, artificial intelligence is no stranger to this, as it seeks to include and provide access on different fronts.
“Artificial intelligence has multiple applications to help improve the lives of people with disabilities. Through its tools, communication and connection processes between people can be facilitated. In addition, it is possible to empower this population group, offer them greater independence and, with it, a better quality of life ”
Gustavo Parés, General Director of NDS Cognitive Labs, a Mexican company specialized in AI
How does it impact and help people with such diverse problems?
Artificial intelligence focused on independence and communication: Smart homes can be one of the main trusted means, where a person with a disability can be empowered. Since, through voice commands, people can perform various actions; from playing music, listening to the news, making phone calls, adding alarms, sending text messages, turning lights on or off, controlling some other device like washing machine or refrigerator, controlling your heating, to name a few examples.
Gadgets that already work with artificial intelligence are one of the main tools that anyone has to perform different actions without depending on someone, today it is increasingly easy to find tools that use facial or image recognition technology, with this, people people with visual impairments or weakness can help themselves, in addition to having other options and helping more people with hearing or mental problems.
Artificial Intelligence applied to inclusive education: Personalized education and adequate attention can be differentiated and individualized, this is a virtue of AI, which gives the tools to make teaching possible, since the assistance of any virtual agent can be used to help people with reading problems. , writing or learning, and that they have quality education.
This same technology, allows to visualize the level or main learning problems of individuals, can considerably help people with autism, for this purpose, there are different tools that will help the person learn different skills, from communication skills, using virtual assistants or even augmented reality, focusing on verbal and non-verbal skills.
Artificial Intelligence applied to health: This is one of the most explored fields and perhaps one of the most advanced, talking about AI, since it can access existing information banks, to manage them efficiently, without losing any detail, in addition to detecting patterns and having more accurate diagnoses, having its own Dr. House, to give more effective treatments.
Another of its applications is that people with disabilities can control their orthopedic devices through technology, in order to be much more independent in their daily tasks, even to be able to attend some function of limbs replaced by robotic prostheses, helping with its basic functions and improving the perception of it as a new one.
Do you know of some other options where Artificial Intelligence helps people with limitations? Let us know! We are delighted to read you.