Algorithm Predicts Alzheimer’s by Reading Their Writing

IBM researchers trained artificial intelligence to pick up hints of changes in language ahead of the onset of neurological diseases.

Is it possible to predict who will develop Alzheimer’s disease simply by looking at writing patterns years before there are symptoms?

According to a new study by IBM researchers, the answer is yes.

And, they and others say that Alzheimer’s is just the beginning.

People with a wide variety of neurological illnesses have distinctive language patterns that, investigators suspect, may serve as early warning signs of their diseases.