Aging In Place Technology Watch October 16, 2024
A new study offers a conundrum, or maybe a marketing problem. Most Americans 50 and older don’t trust AI-generated health information, says a new poll published by the University of Michigan. But they do trust their own ability to figure out what information is good and what isn’t when they look for it. They say they trust WebMD, Healthline. And yet only 32% said it was easy to find accurate health advice. But how would you know what is accurate? And the 84% who said they got health information from a health care provider, pharmacist, friend or family member in the past yearA friend or family member? Really?
Is this mistrust generated by repeated negativity on TV? For example, search...