Posted 12/21/2023, 12:09:48 AM
AI Tool Helps Artist with Dementia Keep Creating through Doodles
- Lisa White, an artist with dementia, uses an AI touchscreen tool to keep expressing her creativity through art and doodles
- Her husband Marc left his job to become her caregiver full time 5 years ago when she was diagnosed
- The AI software, created by CareYaya company based in RTP, takes a user's doodle and fills in details to create a higher resolution image
- CareYaya CEO says working with senior patients helps improve the AI algorithm and integrate elders' perspectives
- The company has 4,000 caregivers nationwide, many college students from NC State and UNC in North Carolina