Can Alexa Really Diagnose Illnesses?

I think it's safe to say, he have all heard about Alexa from Amazon. If not, well Amazon's Alexa is an artificial intelligent personal assistant, designed to automate and assist people around their homes via voice commands. Simple, say, "Alexa, switch my light off" or "Turn-up my heating" or "Play some Barry White's music" and it's done without you moving a finger.

Now, a company by the name of Healthtap Doctor AI, has launched an Artificial Intelligence Doctor using Alexa's Technology. The technology was developed to diagnose people's illness by simply understanding their symptoms.

But the really sophisticated part lays in the backend where Healthtap's artificial intelligence technology parses data from all those medical records to consider what the user's symptoms most likely mean and convey that information in a human-like way.

Dr. AI will provide feedback on the user's stated problem and, if it deems necessary, connect the user with on of Healthtap's associated Doctor.

Stay tune for more updates. Alternatively, check out a basic version the Doctor AI technology on Amazon's Alexa update page.

In the mean time, you can click on the link below to watch a sample video and leave your comments in the box below. Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKyC_2E266s