Creating a Health Chatbot That Makes Recommendations to People Based on Their Characteristics, Current Lifestyle and Health Goals
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Chatbots have become pervasive in our society. While capable of doing impressive things, most chatbots do not discriminate among users, providing similar answers to the same queries posed by different users. However, different people can ask the same question for different reasons or with different needs and providing each one with the same response may not be optimal. For example, advising a questioner who asks for diet recommendations to give up all sweets is generally good advice by ill-advised if the person is known to love sweets. Instead, the chatbot should take into account information about the person in formulating its answer. The present paper describes the creation of a health chatbot that integrates with My Youthspan©, a health and longevity product that uses extensive information about a person’s characteristics.
Authors: Adarsh Danda, Pranavha Kumarsub, Taruna Agarwal, John Leddo, Dev Agarwal, Ishwarya Ramineni, Deepthi Kumar, Krish Tripathy, Ashwin Menachery, Yousef Malik, Shahan Salam, Dheenav Rallabandi, Srikaran Yelimati, Sambhav Jain, Ishaan Achalla, Rahul Amarneni, Sruthi Mannepalli, Dhanv Chappalle, Sreeja Sambhuni, Aarush Penmetsa, Shriya Sethuraj, Maruti Pariti, Ajay Raju, Kriti Regandla, Maahika Challagulla, Anika Dubey, Tatva Duggineni, Ishika Samala
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413167173