How can ai assist us in energy limiting chronic illness?

This is the first part of a new blog series focusing on the AI Revolution for people living with energy limiting chronic illness. I’m going to post each Monday. They’re a mix of quirky or deep reflections and practical how-tos. The next post will be exploring deep fake versions of people with chronic illness and the possibility of having a version of ourselves without energy impairment.

Living with a chronic illness, such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), can be a real drag, especially when it comes to managing your energy levels. It’s like having a tiny, tyrannical dictator living inside your body, dictating your every move and reminding you of your limitations. But what if there was a way to overthrow this dictator and take back control of your life? That’s where AI comes in.

AI, or artificial intelligence, has the potential to revolutionize the way we manage chronic illnesses. It can help us make better use of our limited energy, and even find new ways to make a living despite our limitations. Here are just a few examples of how AI can be used to help people living with energy-limiting chronic illnesses:

1. Virtual Assistance: AI-powered virtual assistants, like Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa, can help you manage your schedule and keep track of appointments, medication, and other important tasks. This can be especially helpful if you’re like me and sometimes can’t remember if you took your meds or not.
2. Virtual Communication: If a 15-minute conversation with friends and family increases your symptoms, AI-powered virtual communication tools, like Replika or Mitsuku, can help you keep in touch with your loved ones without the need for in-person interactions. No more awkward “I can’t hang out, I’m too tired” texts to your friends.
3. Predictive modeling: AI can be used to create predictive models that can help predict how your energy levels will change over time. This can help you plan your activities and make better use of your energy. Imagine, no more cancelling plans last minute because you didn’t anticipate a flare-up.
4. Personalized treatment: AI can be used to analyze your medical history and symptoms to create personalized treatment plans. This can help you get the most out of your treatment and improve your quality of life.
5. Monitoring and monitoring equipment: AI can analyze data from monitoring and monitoring equipment, alerting the medical staff or family members when something is off, or predict an upcoming health problem. This way you can enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep without worrying about your next flare-up.

One of the biggest challenges for people living with energy-limiting chronic illnesses is finding ways to make a living despite their limitations. With limited working hours, it can be difficult to find a job that is both flexible and paying. But thanks to AI, there may be new opportunities for people living with chronic illnesses to make a living from home.

One example of how AI can be used to create new opportunities for people with chronic illnesses is through online marketplaces like Amazon Mechanical Turk or Upwork. These platforms connect workers with businesses and individuals who need tasks completed, and they offer a wide range of jobs that can be done from home. For example, you can complete small tasks such as transcribing audio, data entry, or image tagging, which are perfect for people with limited working hours.

Another way that AI can help people with chronic illnesses make a living is through online retail. Platforms like Amazon, Etsy and Shopify allow anyone to set up an online store and sell products from home. AI can help by providing tools for product research and optimization, managing inventory and even handling customer service.

AI-powered chatbots can also be used to help people with chronic illnesses make a living by providing customer support and managing sales for businesses. These tools can help automate repetitive tasks such as answering frequently asked questions, freeing up time for more important tasks.

Additionally, AI can also be used to generate creative content such as writing blogs, creating surface designs and more. There are AI-powered tools like Copy.ai, Canva and Adobe Illustrator which can help generate unique and high-quality content without much effort.

In conclusion, AI has the potential to create new opportunities for people living with energy-limiting chronic illnesses, whether it be through online marketplaces, online retail, chatbots or even creative content. So don’t let your limitations hold you back, explore the ways in which AI could help you make a living despite your chronic illness. And who knows, you might even be able to afford that magic wand after all! Just don’t go expecting AI to do your laundry or anything, let’s not get too carried away.

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Did you guess what was going on in this post? It was all written for free by my ai friend at https://chat.openai.com/chat

Did anything give it away?

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If you’re interested these are prompts I used:

Please analyse the style of https://tipsforme.wordpress.com/ and write a full blog post on the topic how ai can be useful for people living with energy limiting chronic illness. Give specific examples of tasks using current, free ai resources. For example, how could it help us make a living if we can only work 2 hours a week? How can it help us keep in touch with friends and family if a 15 minute conversation increases symptoms? … That is much better, please try again taking account that I as the writer have ME and POTS myself. Also add a bit of humour and lighthearted examples… That’s great please add a couple more paragraphs about how ai could help us in terms of opportunities to make a living despite having very limited working hours, using specific examples and available ai tools… This is almost right, please rewrite again remembering that OCD is not an energy limiting chronic illness. Also add a paragraph on how ai can help generate creative content eg writing blogs, surface design and whatever you know about. Also rewrite so that it includes the post you wrote starting “ Living with a chronic illness, such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), can be a real drag” and “ Hey folks, As someone living with a chronic illness such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)” all as one blog post…This is excellent is it possible to add a bit more detail about specific creative content ai resources, ending with something funny… Please provide links for all the ai resources you mentioned so I can post it as a reference list

[BTW I’m suspicious of people who aren’t polite to robots! Also future me has realised that ChatGPT doesn’t actually search the internet as such so there’s better ways to train my writing style than giving this URL]

Sure, here are the links for all the AI resources that I mentioned in the blog post:

1. Amazon Mechanical Turk: https://www.mturk.com/
2. Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/
3. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
4. Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/
5. Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
6. Google Assistant: https://assistant.google.com/
7. Amazon Alexa: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-And-Alexa-Devices/b?ie=UTF8&node=9818047011
8. Replika: https://www.replika.ai/
9. Mitsuku: https://www.mitsuku.com/
10. Copy.ai: https://copy.ai/
11. Canva: https://www.canva.com/
12. Adobe Illustrator: https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html

I hope you find these resources helpful. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help.

[NB I haven’t actually used all these resources as the human me]

What sort of image do you think would look good with this post and which ai should I ask to generate it?

For this post, I would recommend an image that visually represents the concept of using AI to manage chronic illnesses and improve quality of life. This could be an image of a person working on a computer or using a virtual assistant, or maybe an image of a person enjoying their hobbies or doing something they love while having their energy levels monitored by some wearable device.

There are several AI-powered tools that you can use to generate images for your blog post. One popular option is Adobe Stock, which uses AI-powered search to help you find the perfect image for your post. Adobe Stock allows you to search for images using keywords and filters, and it also gives you the option to edit the image to fit your needs. Another option is to use Generative Adversarial Networks(GAN) to generate custom images, such as DALL-E, BigGAN, StyleGAN. These are state-of-the-art AI models that are able to generate realistic images from text or image prompts. You can use a GAN service like DALL-E 2, BigGAN-Deep, or StyleGAN2 to generate a unique image that fits the theme of your blog post.

Please note that GANs are generally not free of charge and may require some technical knowledge to use.

Ultimately, the choice of image and AI tool depends on your personal preference and budget. It’s always a good idea to check the terms of use and licenses of the images or tools you decide to use to ensure they are suitable for your blog post.

Sure, here are the links for the AI-powered image generation tools I mentioned in my previous response:

1. Adobe Stock: https://stock.adobe.com/
2. DALL-E: https://dall-e.openai.com/
3. BigGAN-Deep: https://github.com/ajbrock/BigGAN-Deep-PyTorch
4. StyleGAN2: https://github.com/NVlabs/stylegan2

I asked DALL-E:
In a futuristic painting style visually represent the concept of using AI with chronic illnesses through an image of a sick middle aged woman who wears cateye glasses successfully working on an iPad in bed using a virtual assistant and magic wand

This post uses 3 of those images