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Changes in Speech Could Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Researchers at Drexel University are using GPT-3 to identify linguistic nuances and changes in speech that are linked to neurodegeneration.

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Human speech isn’t perfect. We sometimes hesitate, make grammatical errors, or mispronounce common words. However, according to a recent Singularity Hub article, increased occurrence of these slip-ups could indicate something greater. A team at Drexel University believes that linguistic degeneration is an early indicator of Alzheimer’s, and is working with artificial intelligence to identify it. This is a lot easier said than done, as each person has their own speech patterns, cadence, tone, vocabulary, and nuances that the average AI can’t delineate. 

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