Discovery Group founder Adrian Gore says artificial intelligence could significantly improve healthcare by helping providers deliver more personalised interventions and encourage healthier behaviour.
Speaking in a conversation with MTN Group President and Chief Executive Officer Ralph Mupita on The Y’ello Chair, Gore said AI could help organisations use data to understand individual health risks and develop more targeted recommendations.
He said the technology offered opportunities to improve advice on physical activity, nutrition and other behaviours that influence people’s health.
Gore explained that Discovery’s business model places considerable emphasis on encouraging people to adopt healthier lifestyles, making AI a potentially important tool for expanding the reach and effectiveness of its interventions.
The technology, he observed, could help organisations move beyond general health advice towards recommendations tailored to individual risk factors and circumstances.
Gore also highlighted the importance of extending the period during which people remain healthy, particularly as populations age and healthcare systems face growing financial pressures.
He argued that increasing health-span and reducing the time people spend living with illness would become increasingly important as countries contend with rising healthcare costs and changes in the balance between working-age people and retirees.
AI, he said, could contribute through improvements in treatment and more effective support for healthier lifestyles.
Productivity gains and disruption
Gore described AI as a major technological development with potentially far-reaching effects on businesses and society.
While optimistic about the productivity improvements it could deliver, he warned that its consequences remained difficult to predict.
He said the technology was likely to change how businesses operate, including how they serve customers and organise their activities.
Gore also identified cybersecurity as a major concern and raised questions about the risks associated with AI systems whose capabilities could become difficult for people to understand or anticipate.
Despite those concerns, he encouraged leaders to engage with the technology and explore its practical uses.
Mupita shared that position, explaining that AI could help leaders analyse complex datasets, identify relationships between variables and generate questions that might otherwise be overlooked.
The discussion highlighted the potential for AI to improve productivity while creating new responsibilities for businesses, particularly those handling sensitive information and delivering services that affect people’s lives.
Source: www.kumasimail.com
