20 IDEAS FE ATURE- AI PSYCHIATRY
Socialandhealthcaresystemsare
underpressurewhereveryouarein
theworld.Asa consequence,doctors
arebecomingincreasinglyinterested
in howtheycanusesmartphonesto
diagnoseandmonitorpatients.Of
coursea smartphonecan’treplacea
doctor,butgiventhesedevicesare
withusatalmosteverymomentof
thedayandcantrackoureveryaction,
it wouldberemisstousethisability
forgood.Severaltrialsarealready
underway.MindLAMPcancompare
a batteryofpsychologicaltestswith
healthtrackingappstokeepaneyeon
yourwellbeingandmentalacuity.The
screenomeprojectwantstoestablish
howthewayyouuseyourphone
affectsyourmentalhealth,whilean
appcalledMindstrongsaysit can
diagnosedepressionjustbyhowyou
swipe and scroll around your phone.13.EMOTION-TRACKINGMACHINES
Amidethicalconcerns,
scientistswillstrive to help
AI read feelings14.MAKINGITTOTHEMOON AND MARSWillweseeastronautssetfootonthe
Mooninthenextdecade?Probably.
WhataboutMars?Definitelynot.Butif
NASA’splanscomeoff,astronautswill
bevisitingtheRedPlanetbythe2030s.
Thereis nodoubtingNASA’saspirations
toplantastronautfeetonMars.Inone
ofitsreports,NASA’sJourneytoMars,
theyexplainthatthemissionwould
represent“thenexttangiblefrontier
forexpandingthehumanpresence.”
Theplanis tousetheMoonanda small
spacestationinorbitaroundtheMoon,
Gateway,asa steppingstone,allowing
thespaceagencytodevelopcapabilities
thatwillhelpwiththe34-million-mile
journeytotheRedPlanet.
AnindependentreportintoNASA’s
Martianambitionslaysouta timetable
thatincludesastronautssettingfooton
theMoonby2028,anda missiontoorbit
Mars less than a decade later, by 2037.EmotionAIaimsto peerintoour
innermostfeelings- andthetechis
alreadyhere.It’sbeingutilisedby
marketingfirmsto getextrainsight
intojobcandidates.Computer
visionidentifiesfacialexpressions
andmachinelearningpredicts
theunderlyingemotions.Progress
is challenging,though,reading
someone’semotionsisreallyhard.
ProfessorAleixMartinez,whowas
involvedintheresearch,sumsit up
neatly,“noteveryonewhosmiles
is happy,andnoteveryonewhois
happysmiles.”Heis investigating
whetheremotionalAIcanmeasure
intent- somethingcentralto many
criminalcases.“Theimplications are
enormous,” he says.GET T Y IMAGES X3