Potential of AI and other tools for mitigating challenges associated with SCD, MCI or dementia in the workplace

Participants in this study worked in diverse roles including lawyer, free-lance writer, and therapist and divers industries, including manufacturing, engineering, and hospitality. In addition to outlining specific workplace challenges faced by participants in each of these roles, preliminary themes from our findings include: a) the eagerness and competency of participants to self-explore emerging artificial-intelligence (AI) tools to accommodate challenges in their work; b) the lack of in-the-moment adjustability of these AI tools to their fluctuating abilities; and c) use of these tools revealing the extent of someone's changes in abilities, amplifying self-consciousness and leading to abandonment of potentially useful tools CONCLUSION: This study is uncovering ways people with SCD, MCI and early onset dementia working in diverse positions take initiative in identifying useful technologies to assist in their work. It is also revealing opportunities for existing tools to be modified to better meet their needs, as well as the personal impact of uptake of emerging AI tools.