Doctors believe Artificial Intelligence is now saving lives, after a major advancement in breast cancer screenings. A.I. is detecting early signs of the disease, in some cases years before doctors would find the cancer on a traditional scan. Artificial intelligence could hold the key to "the fountain of youth" for America's aging population, as AI-powered fitness equipment stakes a bigger claim in the world of health, according to the CEO of a high-tech gym franchise. When COVID-19 pandemic restrictions kept Americans from public spaces, including gyms, people flocked to innovative ways to stay in shape, including downloading apps such as FitnessAI, which generates personalized workouts using AI, or buying personal expensive AI-powered equipment. The Exercise Coach, which has fitness studios across the country and overseas in Japan, has risen in popularity since 2020 by the tune of 125%, according to the company's CEO Brian Cygan.

Kentucky's first fitness studio utilizing artificial intelligence will open Wednesday off Shelbyville Road. The Exercise Coach is a gym that uses smart technology to customize a client's workout. Instead of using traditional weights, the machines use electric linear motors and computers. Mayria and Kendrick Porter are excited to open The Exercise Coach in their own neighborhood of Middletown. The company has franchises all over the globe, and the couple said they fell in love with the workouts after trying one in Cincinnati.

A few years ago, Timothy Bickmore, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, developed an artificial-intelligence program to help low-income patients at Boston Medical Center prepare for their return home from the hospital. The virtual nurse, alternately called Louise or Elizabeth, was embodied as an animated figure on a screen. It began by asking patients whether they were Red Sox fans, then walked them through what they should do after they were discharged. This medication is for your stomach. You will take one pill in the morning.") Bickmore has since created a slew of these programs--an A.I. couples counsellor, an exercise coach, a palliative-care consultant--all aimed at disadvantaged clients. "It's where we think we can have the most impact," he told me recently. "Hopefully, the A.I. is better than nothing." It sounds like a classic techno-dystopia--human warmth displaced by a cold computer, one made somehow worse by the patronizing nod to local-sports fandom.