Samsung’s AI and Wearable Technology Push in Health Industry

AI can be implemented in almost every aspect of our lives, for better or for worse. When it comes to the health industry, there can certainly be great benefits. Dr. Pak (SVP and Head of the Digital Health Team at Samsung Electronics MX Business) spoke to members of the Samsung Health Advisory Board and discussed how artificial intelligence can improve consumption (read the full review here) .

Today, larger devices usually have powerful artificial intelligence. However, this has changed over the years. In the beginning, you needed very large models hosted on big data servers for any kind of generative AI. However, today it is possible to make a smartphone an AI machine using efficient models.

So AI achieves smaller form factors. This is important because wearables are the next logical step for AI. Imagine a generational AI assistant in a smart watch. There is no telling how this might add to (or detract from) your experience.

Samsung is talking about AI and wearables

It’s not news that Samsung is working on bringing AI to its Galaxy watches. However, with the way AI is progressing, we shouldn’t be surprised if the company continues to do so.

During the interview Dr. Rev. Pak asked one question: “What do you see as the future of health and what role will technology play in it, especially in combination with generational AI?”

In response, Professor Myung Jin Chung, director of the Samsung AI Research Center at Samsung Medical Center (SAIC), spoke about the importance of AI in sifting through and clarifying health data. We all know that smartwatches are good at collecting a lot of health data about us. Chung said AI can help better manage collected health data and help streamline the entire process.

One thing Dr. Michael Bloom, MD, CEO and co-founder of medical analytics platform BeeKeeper AI, that AI technology can be useful in taking data collected from smartwatches and to better predict some health problems and diseases.

Currently, it is not recommended to use a smartwatch instead of a real doctor. Even if it is driven by AI, it is real. However, it’s possible that AI could help your smartwatch become a better early detection tool.

This is just one example of how AI can be very useful to many people in different ways.