AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care
TIME
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Summary
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Arianna Huffington, CEO of Thrive Global, discuss how AI-driven behavior changes can address the unsustainable burden of chronic diseases on the U.S. healthcare system. Leveraging hyper-personalization, AI can improve foundational health behaviors—sleep, diet, exercise, stress management, and social connections—thereby preventing diseases and optimizing treatments. They introduce Thrive AI Health, a collaborative initiative designed to create a personalized AI health coach. This AI tool integrates scientific knowledge with individual health data to provide real-time, tailored health recommendations, promising to democratize health benefits and tackle inequities. The authors emphasize the importance of regulatory support, integration into healthcare practices, and individual empowerment to realize this vision.
