AI dementia glasses that prompt names sound smart but there’s a glaring flaw

Sounds like hell on earth, but smart glasses may prove to have some uses, aside from cheating at pub quizzes. Fitted with cameras, voice recognition, a microphone and a live display, some tech firms are marketing them as a way to help people with dementia live more independently. Prompting the names of doctors and carers, giving directions to the nearest supermarket, even talking through how to make a cup of tea. Sounds promising for those in the very early stages, but having had a parent with dementia I detect a few fundamental flaws.
Thinking back to my dear old dad who couldn’t work a lamp, I can picture him confused and punching the air: “Who the feck was that? What are these lights? Get these fecking things off me.” And what happens when the specs are inevitably misplaced or crushed down the side of an armchair? Dad would go through approximately 17 pairs of reading glasses a month. At £700 a pop, they’d need to be magic, not just smart.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2160404/ai-dementia-glasses-prompt-names