GPT-3’s Next Mark: Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Through Speech
There’s one deceptively simple early sign of Alzheimer’s not often talked about: a subtle change in speech patterns. Increased hesitation. Grammatical mistakes. Forgetting the meaning of a word, or mispronouncing common words—or favorite phrases and idioms—that used to flow naturally. Scientists have long thought to decode this linguistic degeneration as an early indicator of Alzheimer’s. One idea is to use natural language software as a “guide” of sorts that hunts down unusual use of language. Sounds simple, right? Here’s the problem: everyone talks differently. It seems obvious, but it’s a giant headache for AI. Our speech patterns, cadence, tone, and…
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