Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Older Adults' Health?

Eliezer Yudkowsky, a leading proponent of "friendly" artificial intelligence, offers a cautionary observation about the potential of AI --solving tasks that usually require human intelligence. "The greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence," he writes, "is that people conclude too early that they understand it." Any serious discussion of AI's impact on the aging population must start with Yudkowsky's implied question: Do we understand it? And if we do, how do we harness it to enhance the lives of our burgeoning population of older adults? The potential exists for AI to provide lower health care costs, better transportation and longer employment.