The artificial intelligence (AI) not only seeks to increase productivity, but with assistants like Gemini, it becomes something more intimate, a daily support with a real impact on people’s lives and the well-being of society, with applications that range from gaining autonomy to preserving memories and giving voice to stories that might otherwise be lost.
Currently, artificial intelligence is conceived as a tool based on code and algorithms that, in some sense, helps with difficult tasks at work, automates tasks, optimizes the process of information retrieval or decision-making, all with a focus on productivity.
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However, Google believes that this technology is much more than algorithms, and that with Gemini it is a way to improve people’s everyday lives by breaking down barriers, preserving memories or telling stories.
At the press conference, Google Spain wanted to show up close how Gemini can contribute to the promotion of good in society, with three specific cases where artificial intelligence is having a real impact on improving the lives of users.
The first of these shows firsthand how tools like Gemini Live can offer autonomy to the visually impaired. This is the case of Jonathan Armengol, the first blind food critic in Spain, who assures that the use of this type of technology “This is the closest thing to restoring sight» and regain their independence.
As he shared during the meeting, for Armengol, the visual barriers of the physical environment have always been a challenge, forcing him to depend on outside help for certain tasks. However, Gemini Live and the camera on his smartphone have become his best allies, always with his guide dog Call, helping to promote his autonomy on a daily basis.
In particular, Gemini Live is based on an advanced conversational experience designed for a smooth and natural interaction with artificial intelligence, similar to a conversation with a human. So it allows you to interrupt conversations and screen sharing in real time. In this way, the assistant can interpret what is captured by the camera and interact with the environment in the moment.
These conversational capabilities, along with using a camera and interpreting the environment, allow Armengol to do everyday things with simple voice commands, such as identifying and comparing the extraction date on breast milk packets for his baby, preparing recipes or learning cooking techniques for his job.
This is because Gemini Live interprets your needs and puts them into context, allowing you to quickly make decisions that otherwise cannot be done or require outside help. “YESFortunately, artificial intelligence has decided to solve many problems“Armengol moved on, claiming that Gemini helps him complete his tasks faster and get more free time with his family.”After all, being blind is not a limit. With Calo and AI, we see the future much more accessible“, he said.
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On the other hand, Gemini can also help tell stories that deserve to be known, and furthermore, connect generations by acting as a bridge of social understanding.
This is the case of Cristina and Maria, who together with the Fundación Lo Que De Verdad Importa, dedicated to the dissemination of universal values, and their project Your Story Really Matters, turned the experiences of the elderly into books to immortalize their values and experiences.
In particular, during her volunteer work, Cristina wrote Maria’s life story and depicted it in a book called Bailas, which tells the story of her marriage to Amadeo in a moving story.
To implement this project, she conducted research and used interviews, photographs and personal experiences told by Maria herself. However, Christina also went to Gemini as her assistant to give form to all the experiences narrated.
As he explained during the meeting, he specifically used the Deep Research Gemini feature to organize, investigate and shape Maria’s testimony. This feature turns artificial intelligence into an agent for conducting exhaustive offline research on the Internet, browsing hundreds of sites, analyzing information, cross-referencing sources, and generating detailed reports in minutes.
In this way, Cristina was able to draw on the work of an expert researcher to document the context of women like Maria in rural Spain in the 70s, giving a real and detailed context to her story to help readers better understand the book’s narrative.
In addition, she also used the Gems feature to create her own editor as a personal assistant who transcribed interviews and helped organize content into sections, gave feedback, correct spelling and even offered title ideas.
Likewise, in addition to speeding up the process, Christina also highlighted how the ability of artificial intelligence to transcribe the interview and capture all the details allowed her to be present in her conversations with Maria, advancing the work of accompanying people through the process of grief or unwanted loneliness, creating human relationships and connecting in a real way.
Finally, Gemini artificial intelligence has also been shown to have therapeutic potential, thanks to the work carried out by Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, which accompanies people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through its Memory Reinforcement program, which aims to improve their quality of life and emotional well-being, helping them maintain their abilities and autonomy throughout time. it is possible
In particular, Marta Handenauer from Domestic Data Streamers took part in the meeting, which is a design studio located in Barcelona that works at the intersection of data, community and technologies with social impact, and which collaborated with the foundation to create the Synthetic Memories project.
As Handenauer explained, this initiative uses artificial intelligence to create images of undocumented memories and thus prevent them from being forgotten. So they use these images in reminiscence therapy to help people who are dealing with neurodegenerative processes or things like early Alzheimer’s.
This is the case of Manell, a program participant who, based on verbal descriptions and through the generative image of Gemini AI, helped to reconstruct visual representations of his past. It is a fully collaborative and precise process of materializing your memories into images that look like photographs, as closely as possible to reality.
In the process, Manel was able to review the images and screen-check them before printing, turning the material into a valuable resource for his cognitive and emotional stimulation sessions.
“The moment a person sees an image generated first on the screen and then printed on paper, it is like a feeling of emotional relief“, – clarified Handenauer.”Suddenly, what was in your head, that only existed there, takes shape and becomes tangible, and you can share it.“.
In this way, technology is put at the service of memory, helping to recover fragments of identity, preserve personal heritage, and create a sense of connection, recognition, and well-being for the patient.
