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How AI Will Shape The Future of Wellness
Each day the press is filled with stories about the harm that technology is having on our health, both physical and mental. From screen time that impacts our sleep and eyesight, weight gain from a more sedentary lifestyle, to the ways in which social media affects our mental health and mood. It is reassuring to know that there are companies out there who are investigating how technology can be used to boost wellbeing rather than negatively impact it.
Dani Grant of Union Square Ventures recently wrote a blog post exploring the topic of “Therapeutic Computing” and how AI can help in “broadening access to wellbeing”. She discusses companies, including Mei, that are using passive observational guidance to help consumers. You can read Dani’s blog post here.
At Mei we are focused on exploring how we can support the mental health and wellbeing of our users. Our messaging app Mei is designed to improve a user’s relationships, with the help of an in-app real-time relationship assistant. We hope that by highlighting the differences between the personalities of you and your contacts, we can help you communicate better and your relationships will benefit. Mei has the ability to look at changes in your communication for you and your contacts over time. Most people would struggle to remember if messages received from a contact gradually became shorter over a…
