Can This AI-Powered Baby Translator Help Diagnose Autism?

“Misidentifying false positives is not risk-free,” he says. “We’re talking about changing a way a parent thinks about their child and interacts with them, which in and of itself can influence their development.” With research about how to best help neurodiverse kids flourish already lagging far behind the field of AI-based autism detection, and access to the resources that are available unequally distributed through society, algorithms won’t be enough to democratize good outcomes.