MindTalker: A Conversational AI to help Dementia sufferers

I think it's important to cast a wide net here at Conversational AI News, so whilst I am obviously focusing on documenting as many interesting business applications as possible, I thought this one would be useful to note.

It concerns the application of Conversational AI technologies in the medical field: Offering personalised interactions with early-stage dementia.

Whilst I think it's fair to say we are all hoping for a cure as soon as possible, anything that will help, even in a small way, is welcome.

Here's a brief overview:

Researchers at Kent's School of Computing have co-designed with therapists a conversational AI tool to enhance the lives of people with early-stage dementia. The AI tool called MindTalker, integrates the advanced capabilities of GPT-4 (created by OpenAI) and is designed to offer personalized interactions.

You can read more details over at Medical Xpress here.

And the MindTalker paper from the Kent University School of Computing is available here.