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Age bias permeates ads -- and technology design

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Getty images show advertising’s ageist stereotypes. The AARP report authors analyzed the Getty images – and observed that even though 69% of people aged 65-73 own a smartphone, less the 5% of the images of technology included any older adults. misses that expectation by a mile.

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Older adults need vendor empathy to attain digital literacy

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Add widgets to your home screen, ditto on the images. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. So easy, on your Siri Remote, press and hold a button to open the control center, select the SharePlay button then choose what to watch together. Oops, not supported by all apps.

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The user experience with Google: You are the product for better or worse

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Its Gemini product (formerly Bard) apparently can produce images of native Americans but refuses when asked to show white people or European scientists, lecturing the user that requests like that reinforce harmful stereotypes. Because you are the product, Google wants to show you what it thinks you will be interested in seeing.

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Why are older adults demeaned by the health and tech industry?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Just check out the first page or two of the millions of identified references – including the images of older women ‘holding it wrong’ or ‘ confused.’ No wonder HIMSS session folks thought this was no big deal. Despite the user interface complexity, smartphone adoption by seniors is rising. How about free Wi-Fi and a smart speaker?

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To connect older adults, when will a trend convert to a mandate?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. category tags: covid-19 , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Did you miss one? Note February posts about AI, tech support and aging in place

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The simple examples – retrieval of information and generated images seem very different from traditional (ad-driven) search tools. DALL-E (creating images from text captions) and other generative AI tools have become, uh, visible, and perhaps really useful in film-making and video game development.

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Did you miss one? Note February posts about AI, tech support and aging in place

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The simple examples – retrieval of information and generated images seem very different from traditional (ad-driven) search tools. DALL-E (creating images from text captions) and other generative AI have become, uh, visible, and perhaps really useful in film-making and video game development. Which means it will become very useful.

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