From the early 2000s to the present day, rapidly developing technology has changed virtually all aspects of our lives, and experts say we are now witnessing the AI revolution. It’s often talked about how technology has shaped our banking and financial markets, but rarely do we examine the impact of tech and AI on our everyday activities – hobbies, sleeping, eating, and our health.
Below, we outline the 5 most surprising behaviors that technology and AI have changed or have the potential to change in the next 5 years.
1. Slot Gambling
Do you remember those days when people would get dressed up to go to a casino to play slot machines? And in certain countries, slot parlors weren’t legal so people would build their vacation times around their slot machine hobbies. It was also not uncommon to see rows of people feeding coins into mechanical slots, pulling levers, and hoping for a lucky combination.
Technology is changing rapidly. Now there are a lot of fascinating slot games available online, and the physical casinos seem redundant. Technology has made it easy to play slots, to compare payout rates across different platforms without exiting a single website, and to spin the reels without leaving the comfort of your home.
With the introduction of AI, experts say that machine learning algorithms can make online slots fairer than ever – by analyzing performance patterns and predicting any irregularities and fraudulent behavior in digital slot machines. There are some arguments made about using AI for horseraces even!
2. Sleeping
You wouldn’t expect to see the basic physiological necessities on this list, but recent use of technology has truly revolutionized the way we derive information about our sleeping patterns. There are now several apps available that record your voice while you sleep, trying to infer your sleeping patterns, snoring, and even when you go to sleep and when you wake up.
Some of the applications out there are sophisticated enough to use machine learning algorithms to compute the average snoring rate in your area, the presence of allergies, and even the overall quality of your sleep.
With AI, there is even more information to analyze. Experts say that our phones could soon become diagnostic devices for sleep irregularities, eliminating the need for sleep clinics and complicated trials. AI technology can diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is widely underdiagnosed. For a healthy population, AI can give recommendations on enhancing sleep quality and timing.
3. Personal Health
Personal health technology goes above and beyond Apple’s step tracker and your progress with walking and physical activity, it can provide important insights into what sorts of exercises work for you well and what does not. After COVID, the need for fully automated AI solutions has been more prominent due to the frequent closures of gyms.
Healthcare technology is a very popular and broad topic, and AI is now increasingly used to diagnose diseases and disorders. But technology can also improve the health of overall healthy individuals – by helping them track, analyze, and enhance their performance.
Some of the most surprising applications of this technology include burning body fat, analyzing symptoms of a disease, and most surprisingly – analyzing body spots to help predict cancer.
4. Music
The majority of the population listens to music, whether it’s through Spotify or Apple Music, and there are as many tastes as people out there. But there is a common problem with listening to your favorite song – soon it can get too repetitive, and you want to find similar songs based on your taste, which can be complicated in a world where there are so many music producers.
Apps like Spotify have now tackled this problem using machine learning methods. Spotify has introduced an AI algorithm that has access to your full listening history and can give you recommendations for both old and new songs that fit your music taste.
5. Getting Food
Surprisingly or not, AI has entered the food industry all across the supply chain. Advanced machine learning algorithms now allow food producers to predict weather conditions and how much harvest to expect.
But more importantly, for customers, AI and tech can help you monitor food quality and safety. It’s not uncommon to encounter apps that allow you to scan the code of an item in a supermarket and provide you with information about the product quality, dangerous additives, and preservatives.
And lastly, for foodies out there, AI can generate new dish ideas based on your taste. This is also good news for people who don’t usually cook and don’t know how to learn – both Claude and ChatGPT are good sources of information for simple and healthy recipes.
