It Won’t Replace Your Doctor, But This Smart Ring Might Be The Next Best Thing
A new AI chatbot has been trained entirely with respected medical journals. Evie RingNews that is entertaining to read
Subscribe for free to get more stories like this directly to your inboxMany of us have been concerned in recent years as artificial intelligence has creeped into practically every aspect of our society. At the same time, however, this powerful technology could pave the way for incredible scientific breakthroughs.
One company has been leading the way by training its own AI chatbot, EvieAI, on nothing but thousands upon thousands of peer-reviewed medical journals.
What can Evie do?
As Movano revealed at this week’s CES trade show, the chatbot is ready for primetime. A beta version of EvieAI has already been implemented in a new smart ring that the company is marketing as a way to field an array of non-emergency health-related questions without making a doctor’s appointment.
And since EvieAI has been fed nothing but content related to its specific duty, Movano says it’s not only focused on health but provides answers with 99% accuracy. You won’t be able to get a diagnosis from the new ring, but it could provide some helpful tips ahead of a trip to the doctor’s office.
Privacy is another important factor, particularly when it comes to health, and EvieAI is both encrypted and designed to delete conversations by default.
The Evie Ring is scheduled to begin offering EvieAI functionality today.
Knowing its limits
While it’s clearly a clever gadget with some real-world applications, it’s important not to overhype EvieAI’s capabilities — and to his credit, Movano CEO John Mastrototaro seems to be setting realistic expectations for consumers.
“If you ask it ‘What do you think about the election?’ it’s not going to respond,” he explained. “It’s not going to tell you because it doesn’t have any information about that.”
Instead of trying to provide everything to consumers, EvieAI wants to do one thing … and do it well.