Wearable AI May Help Fight Social Anxiety

A wearable AI that can predict whether the tone of the conversation is happy, sad or neutral can soon be realized to help fight social anxiety. The system will base its reading on the user's speech patterns and vital signs. Researchers from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) of MIT and Insitute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) are a step closer in helping people with anxiety disorder or Asperger's condition. Tuka Alhanai, a graduate student and co-author of the study said that the wearable AI will be like a social coach in the user's pocket. Mohammad Ghassemi, together with Alhanai, will present the new technology in the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). The accuracy of the gadget is around 83 percent.