One of the most exciting things in the world of AI in health is being able to digitize the state of mind.

AI对健康而言 最让人激动的莫过于它能数字化人们的心态

That is being able to use different metrics to be able to say, this person is depressed,

也就是说它能用不同的指标来表示 这个人很抑郁

or this person is really happy and doing well.

或这个人很开心 状态很好

And so one of the really great examples of this actually was through Instagram,

在这方面一个很好的例子就是Instagram

where they actually had a huge number of images,

那上面有海量的照片

and they could diagnose depression based on the types of images and the filter that was used by the person posting.

Instagram可以通过发帖人发布的照片和他们所用的滤镜来诊断抑郁症

But it's actually really exploding, because it turns out that our speech –

这其实挺刷新三观的 因为我们的语言——

how fast we talk, and our intonation, our activity, our breathing pattern, if we sigh –

我们走路的速度 说话的语调 从事的活动 我们呼吸的方式 如果我们叹气——

a lot all these things can be easily quantified, passively.

这些种种都可以轻易被量化

They go into this algorithm and then comes out of it is, where is this person's state of mind,

把它们输入一个算法里 得出的结果就是某个人的心理状态

and how can we get it boosted up, because that's really the issue.

以及我们可以如何去改善它 毕竟这才是一切的意义所在

Are the medications, if a person is using them, is that not even working?

如果这个人在吃药 这些药有效果吗？

Now, in addition to that, which is a shocking part of the story,

除此以外 更让人震惊的是

is that when a person is asked to disclose their innermost secrets,

如果你让某个人公开他们内心最深处的秘密

they're more apt to do that with an avatar than another human being.

他们会更愿意向神的化身而不是另一个活生生的人倾诉

The idea that you would have this avatar that you selected to be your coach

你宁愿选择一个神的化身来当你的教练

that was monitoring your metrics and giving you feedback and also that you can confide in,

让它来监控你的指标并给你反馈 还能让你信赖

is really alluring, and we're starting to see that.

这种想法很有诱惑力 这一点逐渐开始显现出来

I mean, it already is starting to blossom in China, for example.

比如 这种观点在中国就很流行

It wouldn't be at all surprising if we started to see it in the US in the near term.

如果不久的将来我们在美国看到这一幕 也没什么好惊讶的

So when you take this ability to digitize a state of mind and also have a support through an avatar,

所以如果能利用这种把心态数字化并且让神的化身来提供支持的能力

this could turn out to be a really great way to deal with the problem we have today,

它就可以很好地解决我们今天所面临的问题

which is a lack of mental health professionals with a very extensive burden of depression and other mental health conditions.

也就是缺乏心理健康专家 他们有严重的抑郁负担和其他心理健康问题