AI can predict who will develop dementia: study

Artificial intelligence can reveal with incredible accuracy which individuals may develop dementia, new research has found. AI has a 92% accuracy rating for predicting which memory clinic attendees will have dementia within two years, according to the study, published Thursday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The findings are based on data from over 15,300 US patients. Authors say the algorithmic accuracy of AI predictions may be able to reduce the amount of false dementia diagnoses -- and possibly help doctors intervene earlier. "We know that dementia is a highly feared condition. Embedding machine learning in memory clinics could help ensure diagnosis is far more accurate, reducing the unnecessary distress that a wrong diagnosis could cause," said study co-author and University of Exeter research fellow Janice Ranson in a press release.