>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HOR RYE, A LOOK WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLL NUMBERS ARE SLIPPING.

ALSO A SUPER EL NINO COULD IMPACT THE WEATHER IN THE COMING MONTHS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI TOOLS TO HELP VETERANS FIGHT SOCIAL ISOLATION.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TOLL ARIZONA HORIZON.

I AM TED SIMONS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POPULARITY APPEARS TO BE WANING AMONG THE STRONGEST SUPPORTERS.

WITH THAT SAID, ELECTIONS LAST NIGHT SHOWED THE PRESIDENT STILL HAS A STRONG HOLD ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEAPS, WE WELCOME LONG-TIME POLITICAL CONSULTANT OF HIGH GROUND.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GREAT TO BE HERE.

FIRST THE RATINGS ARE LOW.

I MEAN, IT IS LIKE MID 30'S.

>> AMONGST THE ENTIRE VOTING DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> BUT SOUNDS LIKE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENES AND THE TUCKER CARLSONS AND SUCH ARE NOT HAPPY EITHER.

>> WAY, TEAM TRUMP.

THE TYPICAL PRIMARY VOTER AS EVIDENCE LAST NIGHT IN INDIANA AN WILL CONTINUE TO EVIDENCE IN LOUISIANA, KENTUCKY, STATES TO COME HERE ARE STILL -- REMEMBER, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS ARE 20% OF YOUR OVERALL POPULATION.

SO IT IS A SLICE, THE MOST PARTISAN SLICE OF THAT, STILL LOVING HIM.

STILL EXCITED.

TED: I HEARD SOMEONE THINK THINK, HE'S THE SINGLE MOST POPULAR PRESIDENT WITHIN HIS PARTY ON RECORD.

>> I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE.

I MEAN, TODAY, AS WE HAVE BECOME THIS CULTURE, THAT IS SO DIVIDED.

IT IS THE SOCIAL MEDIA CULTURE.

IT IS THE DIVISION OF WHAT THE SOCIETY HAS DIVIDED ITSELF.

HE IS THE REALITY TV STAR TO THAT SEGMENT OF THE ELECTORATE.

>> IT SEEMS AS THOUGH, MODERATE REPUBLICANS JUMPED SHIP A LONG TIME AGO AS FAR AS THE PRESIDENT IS CONCERNED.

NOW YOU GOT THE TUCKER CARLSONS, CANDACE OWENS, SOME OF THE WAY OUT THERE FOLKS WHO WERE HARD FOR THEM, THEY ARE NOW HARD AGAINST HIM.

>> RIGHT.

THAT IS GOING TO SHOW UP.

I MEAN, THAT WILL, THAT WILL LEAVE A MARK, AS THEY SAY.

WHEN THE GENERAL ELECTION HAPPENS THIS COMING NOVEMBER.

I, I MEAN, I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE ANTICIPATING AS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT SLIP.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN JOKING THAT HE CAMPAIGNED FOR REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN, LIKELY TO HAVE REGIME CHANGE IN WASHINGTON IN THE UPCOMING CYCLE.

>> AGAIN, THAT IS GENERAL ELECTIONS.

WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT, PRIME PRIMARIES ARE STILL ALL MIM.

>> YEAH.

HE HAS SOLID GRIP ON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTER.

THAT MAGA BASE OF VOTERS.

IT IS NOT WHAT YOU AND I THOUGHT, PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, DOESN'T EXIST ANY MORE.

I MEAN, JEFF KNEW THAT WHEN THE PARTY LEFT HIM.

JOHN McCAIN GOT REST HIS SOUL, WHEN HE GOT IT.

AS IT STARTED TO SLIP AWAY FROM HIM.

MITT ROMNEY GOT IT.

IT IS ENTIRE LAY NEW PARTY NOW.

TED: OK.

IT IS A NEW PARTY, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING THE MAGA, THE DEEP-SEATED SUPPORTERS KIND OF JUMPING SHIP A LITTLE BIT.

A LITTLE BIT.

THE REASON, ACCORDING TO IT, THE LYING.

THEY ARE SAYING HE IS LYING TO THEM.

>> WELL, HE SAID, I AM NOT GOING TO BE INTERVENTIONIST IN FOREIGN WARS.

THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

THINK THAT DISTURBED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE POLITICAL BASE OF THAT, THAT UP FROM OF VOTERS, THAT FEEL BETRAYED.

THAT THEY VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE IRAQ, THE AFGHANISTAN, THE CONTINUED AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN FOREIGN WARS, THEY FEEL BETRAYED.

HE ALSO SAID, YOU KNOW, PRICES ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND, TED.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ECONOMY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WELL, THE MOST EVIDENCE FACT O OF THAT THAT WE SEE TODAY, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, HEY, I AM PAYING $5 A GALLON OF GAS.

I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

I SEE THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THE COST OF DIESEL UP WHICH AFFECTS THE COST OF FOOD, WHICH AFFECTS THE COST OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO EVERYTHING IS UP.

PETROLEUM PRICES ARE UP.

THAT AFFECTS PLASTIC, WHICH AFFECTS EVERYTHING.

YEAH.

TED: EPSTEIN FILES, A LOT OF THE HARD-RIGHT FOLKS, THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY IS DOING WHATEVER IS DOING WITH THOSE FILES.

WELL, ALL KINDS OF SPECULATION THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO WAR IN IRAN, RIGHT?

BECAUSE WE HAD TO WAG THE DOG EXPERIENCE HERE.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THAT NARRATIVE, BUT THEN IT KEEPS POPPING BACK UP ON THE RADAR SCREEN, SO YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS GO THERE.

SOME OF THE FORM TER REN CAN COLLEAGUES ARE STILL GOING THERE.

AND SO, IT IS A PROBLEM.

HE IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE.

TED: AND YET, STOCK MARKET JUST SEEMS TO ROLL RIGHT ALONG, I MEAN, TARIFFS, LOTS OF BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF TARIFFS, YET I DON'T SEE THAT AS WELL, WELL, YOU TELL ME.

THAT IS A MAJOR FACTOR.

WELL, WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ON TARIFFS.

PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPECTING THE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO EXPECT THAT MONEY TO BE BACK.

THE MARKET IS PRICING OIL AS A TEMPORARY, IT IS A TEMPORARY DEAL.

AS WE SITE EVERY DAY.

IT FLUCTUATES THE PRICE OF A BARREL OIL IS FLUCTUATING DEPENDING ON THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE RAIT.

THINK THINK THEY ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

THEY KNOW THE LONG-TERM MARKET.

THE LONG-TERM EARNINGS LOOK GOOD.

THE AI COMPANIES, I MEAN, THEY ARE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON DATA CENTERS.

I MEAN, THEY ARE FLOODING THE ECONOMIC ZONE.

ALL THE CHIPMAKERS ARE PROLIFIC, THE NASDAQ KEEPS GOING UP.

THE MAGNIFICENT 7 KEEPS GOING UP.

IT THINK THE UNDERLYING THING THAT MOST MARKET ANALYSTS SEE, THE REST OF THE ECONOMY IS OK.

TED: RIGHT.

RIGHT.

INFLATION IS TO THE POINT WHERE, AGAIN, THE FED IS GOING TO HOLD STEADY FOR AWHILE.

CORE INFLATION ESPECIALLY.

THAT IS HAPPENING.

BUT IT IS NOT.

I GUESS SHALL IT IS NOT A SUPER FACTOR.

ARE THINGS LIKE IMMIGRATION INVOLVING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

IT IS THAT IMPACTING THE BASE?

IT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE ECONOMY.

BUT, AND HERE IN PHOENIX THE OTHER DAY, HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MASS DEPORTATIONS LIKE NOBODY HAS SEEN.

WE ARE LOADING UP FOR THE SECOND TWO YEARS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

I PROJECT THAT.

I PROJECT THAT IS HARMFUL TOLL THE ECONOMY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT A BREEDING POPULATION ANY MORE.

IN THE U.S.

AND WE ARE RELIANT ON FOREIGN LABOR.

IT IS GOING TO BE COSTLY.

TED: BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COSTLY TO TRUMP AND PERHAPS MAGA VOTERS AND THE MAGA VOTERS THEN.

THE IMMIGRATION DEATHS , THE VIOLENCE, NOT A FACTOR?

>> NO, IT IS A FACTOR THAT WILL PENETRATE IN THIS FALL GENERAL ELECTION CYCLE.

WHAT ABOUT THIS BALLROOM THING?

IS IT BILLION DOLLARS NOT AT THE BALLROOM BUT FOR SECURITY FOR THE BALLROOM.

AGAIN, YOU MAGA, THIS IS SWAMPY BEHAVIOR DO THEY SEE IT AS SWAMPY BEEBE HAIVIER.

THE MAGA BASE BELIEVE WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT SAYS.

THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING NO WE NEED THIS.

THAT IS NOT PENETRATING THE LARGER ELECTORATE.

I THINK MANY OF THOSE VOTERS ARE GROANING JUST WITH WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW.

AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO COME HOME TO ROAST THIS NOVEMBER.

TED: OK.

THAT MISS L MY LAST QUESTION HERE.

BOTTOM LINE, PRIMARIES NOT SO MUCH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL, BACK TO BEGINNING OR THE TOP OF THE CONVERSATION.

IT IS 20% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS.

HE HAS GOT TO LOCK ON THAT.

THE BIGGER ELECTORATE.

HE IS GETTING CRUSHED AMONGST DEMOCRATS, OBVIOUSLY, 90-10 AND GETTING CRUSHED LIKE 80-20 AMONGST UNAFFILIATED VOTERS WHICH IS THE SWING VOTERS IN THE RECTORATE IN ARIZONA IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE PEOPLE GO.

SO WE WILL SEE THAT IMPACT IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER.

THEN WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT HE AGREES WITH THOSE RESULTS.

AND WHETHER HE IS GOING TO AGREE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

>> I LIED.

THIS IS LAST.

I WILL MAKE IT QUICK IF YOU COULD.

DEMOCRATS, ARE THEY OFFERING ANYTHING OR IS IT, ARE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STILL ADRIFT IF.

>> I WAS A FUND-RAISER THE OTHER DAY.

I WAS LISTENING TO SENATOR KELLY TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.

YOU KNOW, THAT WILL RESONATE TODAY.

BUT THE MINUTE THEY GET ELECTED, THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THEM.

YOU KNOW THIS THE SAME, AND THE INEQUALITY THAT IS BUILD INTO OUR SYSTEM, TODAY, IS CREATING THAT TYPE OF INEQUALITY AND UNTIL YOU ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, FUNDAMENTALLY, I DON'T, I THINK, TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY MAY BE GOOD, AS A CONTRAST MESSAGE WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BUT NOT AS YOUR OWN NARRATIVE FOR GOING FORWARD.

>> CHUCK, HIGH GROUND, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU SIR.

>> GREAT BEING HERE.

THANKS.

TED: THAT LIST THIS INCREASING CHANCE THAT ARIZONA COULD EXPERIENCE AN EL PIN KNOW YEAR.

IT IS NOT JUST AN EL NINO BUT A SUPER EL PIN KNOW THAT COULD MAKE FOR ALL SORTS OF STRONG WEATHER HERE AROUND THE COUNTRY.

JOINING US NOW IS RANDY.

RANDY, NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT EL NINOS OR LA NINAS.

WHAT IS A SUPER EL NIN SNOW.

>> A SUPER EL NINO IS WHEN THE PA OF SICK OCEAN GETS WARM.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT CHANGES THE JET STREAM.

IT CHANGES THE CIRCULATION PATTERN.

NOT AROUND JUST THE UNITED STATES, BUT AROUND THE ENTIRE WORLD.

A SUPER EL NINO IS WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE OF THE PACIFIC RISE WELL ABOVE OF WHAT WE ARE PEEKING IN.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 2 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.

AS WE GO INTO THE SUP R SUMMER AND FALL.

SO THAT SEPARATES IT FROM A GARDEN VARIETY EL NINO.

>> RIGHT.

RIGHT.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE 2015.

THERE WAS BIG ONE IN 1998.

TED: IN 2015, WHAT HAPPENED TO US BACK MEAN?

WE GOT GOOD RAINS.

WE GOT GOOD RAINS.

THE 1998 WASES A MUCH BETTER ONE.

TED: YES.

>> 1982 WAS EVEN BETTER ONE.

BUT IT IS NOT ASSURED.

THAT IS THE THING.

NORMALLY EL NINA BRINGS US RAIN.

TED: I WAS GOING TO ASK.

FIRST OF ALL, WHEN ARE THEY DETERMINED?

HALF OF THE TIME.

WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL THE FALL.

WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THIS EARLY.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE IT IS BUILDING RAPIDLY.

WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT IS OUR WINTERTIME CIRCULATION.

IT IS OUR WINTERTIME JET STREAMS THAT GET REALLY IMPACTED BY EL NINO.

THAT IS Y THIS WINTER WE ARE EVEN LOOKING AT HAVING A FAIRLY DECENT WESTERN SNOWFALL.

WE HAD NOTHING THIS YEAR.

NEXT YEAR, LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER, BUT PIT IS EVEN GOING TO HAVE IMPACT ON THE MONSOON.

TED: WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT.

IF IT IS DEVELOPING SO EARLY.

KNOW, WE ASKED ABOUT THE MONSOON ALL THE TIME.

YOU ALWAYS TELL ME.

NO WAY TO PREDICT THESE THINGS.

CAN WE PREDICT A LITTLE BIT MAYBE PUSHING AND SHOVING WITH THE WARM WATER IN THE AIR THAT COMES WITH IT MAYBE.

>> HERE IS THE THING I AM FOCUSING ON.

UNDER EL NINO CIRCUMSTANCES.

NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU DON'T GET VERY MANY HURRICANES ALONG THE ATLANTIC.

SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY FEELING GOOD ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

BUT, YOU GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF HURRICANES OCCURRING OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

WHEN THOSE HURRICANES FORM.

THEY DON'T USUALLY GET TO US.

BUT WHEN THEY FORM, THEY ARE MOISTURE WHEN THEY DIE GETS PUMPED UP TO ARIZONA SO IF WE START SEEING A BUNCH OF HURRICANES DOWN OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO, THE CHANCE OF HAVING A BETTER MONSOON IS GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE HAD AN EARLY COUPLE HURRICANES THAT FORMED DOWN OFF MEXICO AND GIVES A NICE START TO MONSOON.

>> THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT IT IS DEVELOPING EARLY.

IT IS DEVELOPING BIG EARLY.

>> RIGHT.

TED: IF WE HAVE THIS MONSOON AND EVERYTHING COMES.

THAT IS GOING TO WEAKEN WHAT HAPPENS LATER IN THE YEAR OR NO.

>> NOT REALLY.

THIS THING IS GOING TO LAST.

IT IS REALLY, REALLY HOT WATER THAT IS BUILDING IN THE PACIFIC SO IT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE JET STREAM, EVEN INTO FALL AND WINTER.

>> WELL THE JET STREAM DROP SOG LOW.

SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.

HOW HIGH?

ARE THESE WARM STORMS?

>> WELL, THAT IS THE BIG 64,000 QUESTION.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THEY WILL PROBABLY BE WARMER STORMS, INSTEAD OF THE TWO FAVORITE WORDS OF HOT AND DRY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HOT AND MU MID.

SO THINK OF MAYBE THIS SUMMER BEING LIKE FLORIDA THAN THAN ARIZONA.

TED: OH, THAT IS GREAT.

EVERYTHING WAS GOING SO WELL.

HEY.

WE HAVE MAPS.

FIRST OF ALL.

A MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MAP.

WHAT IS THIS TELLING US?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

>> WELL, IT IS STARTING TO SHOW THAT, THE NORTHWEST IS GOING TO DRY OUT.

AND MOISTURE WILL PROBABLY START COMING INTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG RED SPLOTCH THAT IS UP IN THE NORTHWEST.

TED: YES.

THEY GOING TO HAVE CLEAR SKIES.

NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF STORMS.

TED: SEASONAL TEMPERATURE MAP.

DO WE HAVE THAT ONE?

THERE IT IS.

THE SAME SORT OF A THING.

>> IT STAYS IN PLACE.

DURING THE ENTIRE SUMMER.

THIS IS JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

WE ARE SEEING THAT NICELY, THE REALLY HOT AIR IS GOING TO STAY NORTH OF US.

TED: YES.

WE ARE GOING TON WARM.

WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE 115'S BUT NOT GOING TO BE AS GREET AS WE WERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

TED: PRECIPITATION MAP.

A MONTHLY PRECIPITATION.

WHAT THIS IS TELLING US?

WE DON'T LIVE IN NEW MEXICO.

WHAT IS IT TELLING US?

WELL, IT IS TELLING US THERE IS MOISTURE THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING UP FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.

AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST.

NOW, THE MODELS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, PUSHING IT TOWARD NEW MEXICO THAN US.

BUT IT IS AT LEAST A FAVORABLE POSITIONING FOR US TO GET MORE RAIN.

THE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION MAP I THINK IS THE LAST ONE THERE.

NOW WE ARE LOOKING.

NOW WE ARE TALKING.

THIS IS MONSOON, THIS IS JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

WHAT WE SIGHS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION.

FRANKLY, WE REALLY NEED THAT RAIN.

TED: SO WHEN CAN WE START WATCHING FOR THIS SUPER EL NINO TO SHOW ITSELF?

>> WELL, PROBABLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE WILL AGAIN, NORMALLY HAVE A FEW DUST STORMS THAT ARE GOING TO COME TO THE END OF JUNE, THE FIRST READY PA OF JULY THEN WE START TO SHIFT OVER TO WERT AND WERT STORMS SO I AM ANTICIPATE PROBABLY A FAIRLY NORMAL TO MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT EARLY START.

WE MAY START SEEING DUST STORMS IN THE LAST WEEK OF UNION, THEN WE'LL START WORKING INTO WETTER STORMS.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

YOU HAVE A NEW DUST STORM RANKING OUT THERE.

WILL YOU COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> ABC LITES.

>> VERY GOOD.

ASU CLI MATOLOGIST.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

>> THANKS.

♪ TED: MANY AGING AMERICANS ARE AT RISK OF LONELINESS AND ISOLATION.

VETERANS CAN BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE ABOUT.

TONIGHTS A THE AARP SPONSORED SEGMENT IT HIGHLIGHTS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT RESEARCH INTO AI TOOLS THAT COULD HELP FIGHT SOCIAL ISOLATION.

WE WELCOME ASU SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE AND NICOLE ROBERTS FROM ASU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEE NAIFIER SCIENCES.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

EDGE CARE IS ACRONYM.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

>> WELL IT STANES FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVICES ON THE EDGE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND IT IS BRINGING TECHNOLOGY TO VETERANS AND OLDER ADULTS TO HELP WITH SOCIAL HEALTH.

TED: AND THESE ARE, THIS IS NEW TECHNOLOGY.

IT IS A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT SOCIAL ISOLATION, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

WE NOW KNOW THAT SOCIAL HEALTH IS CENTRAL TO BRAIN HEALTH.

THEY ARE NOT SEPARATE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIND WAYS THAT OLDER ADULTS, VETERANS CAN REALLY CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITIES.

CONNECT BY WAY OF EDGED DEVICES.

WHAT WOULD QUALIFY AS EDGED DEVICE.

>> SO I THINK.

DEVICES FOR EXAMPLE.

THE DEVICES THOSE ARE DEVICESES THAT INTERACT WITH AND ACTUALLY THE THINGS SUCH AS CAMERAS SECURITY CAMERAS THE DOORBELLS THOSE ARE DEVICES.

YEAH.

THE CELL PHONES.

SMART WATCHES ALL OF THAT BUSINESS.

YES.

YES.

IT ALL GOES INTO LIKE A DIGITAL ASSISTANCE.

THAT THAT IS HOW IT WORKS?

>> YEAH.

THE GOAL IS TO TAKE ALL THE DEVICE AND WE USE THE DAYTIME THE POWERFUL AI TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL HEALTH OF THE USERS AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THE AI TAKES ALL THIS INFORMATION AS AI TENDS TO TO, IT NEEDS INFORMATION AND FEEDS ON INFORMATION BUT YOU GIVE IT INFORMATION IF I AM WEARING THIS AND GOING AROUND THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING.

IT JUST, IT CONTINUES TO BUILD WHAT, WHAT?

IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP.

IF SOMEONE DOESN'T NEED HELP.

THESE SORT OF THINGS?

YEAH.

THE ONE THING WE ARE DOING.

SO AI DRIVEN COACH AND THE DATA THE AI CAN GET FROM USERS AND UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL HEALTH STATUS OF THE USERS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.

TED: YEAH THE SYSTEM, THE COACH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

>> THIS IS A GRANT.

RIGHT HOW TO HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

WE HAD A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE PI AND ALSO COLLABORATOR AND THE SCHOOL OF NURSING THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH INNOVATION AND DR.

WHO IS THE HUMAN SYSTEMS ENBY NER AND THE TEAM WAS GIVE AND GRANT THROUGH THE SMART AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES PROGRAM BECAUSE, AGAIN, INTRADISCIPLINARY TEAM AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION AND WE HAD A FOLLOW ON GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FROM THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THIS WORK.

TED: THE PRESENTATION TO RECEIVE THE FRANT.

WHAT WAS EMPHASIZED?

HOW WAS THIS PRESENTED?

>> SO I STUDY EMOTION.

I AM A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST BY TRAINING.

AS HUMANS WE ARE EVOLVED TO RECOGNIZE OTHER'S EMOTIONS OTHER SIGNALS, STRESS, BUT AS HUMANS, WE ARE ALSO GOOD AT HIDING THOSE SIGNALS SO, IT CAN DIFFICULT TO KNOW, IF SEASON WITH IS STRUGGLING AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THINK IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING WHAT WHEN SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING AND PERHAPS USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP DETECT THAT AND INTERVENE AND SO THE GRANT WAS POISED AS DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FROM THE GROUNDUP WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE CONDUCTED FOCUS GROUPS WITH VETERANS WITH CARE PARTNERS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU ARE KNOW, IF XY AND Z HAPPENED WHEN AS THIS PARTICULAR PERSON IS SUFFERING FROM AB AND C. YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.

THE DIGITAL ASSISTANT SAYS THAT DOES WHAT?

DOES IT WARN THE NERN HOW DOES THAT WORK?

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IT?

YEAH.

OUR FOCUS IS ON SOCIAL HEALTH.

SO FIRST WE UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH STATUS IS OF THE USERS.

AND DEA PRESSION AND BASED ON UNDERSTANDING AI CAN, CAN WORK FOR THE OPTIONS WITH THE USERS PROVIDE AND SUGGESTION AND ACTIVITIES, THEY CAN USE, ALSO, MAYBE SUGGEST CONTACT HEALTH PROVIDERS AND THE COACH CAN PROACTIVELY EVOLVE INTO THE HEALTH PROVIDERS.

>> CAREGIVER WAS HAVE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION I WOULD IMAGINE.

>> IF THE PERSON CHOOSES FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS, IT IS SET UP TO BE A PLEX FLEXIBLE TESTIMONY AND TO BENEFIT USERS PRIVACY AND TRUST ANTI-TRAIT TOT THE LEVEL OF WHICH THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE.

>> YEAH.

WAS THERE EMPHASIS ON FOLLOW ON AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

IT IS ONE THING TO SAY, THISERN IS FEELING ISOLATE.

IT IS ANOTHER TO SAY, LET'S GET TO THE NEXT SPOT.

>> THE GOAL CONNECT THEM WITH OTHER HUMANS THEN ALL SORTS OF HORROR STORIES OF PEOPLE BECOMING OVERRELIE APT ON AI COACHES AND WE WANT TO SAFEGUARD THAT BY ENSURING THEY ARE EVEN MORE CONNECTED WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY PROVIDERS THEN, ALSO, TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY SO ONE ADVANTAGE IS THEY WANT TO HELP.

THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND WE FIND AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY ARE WILLING TO HELP OTHERS EVEN MORE THAN THEMSELVES SO IT COULD BE LEVERAGED TO CREATE A STRONGER COMMUNITY.

TED: IN NEED INDEED.

INDEED.

WHAT DO WE GOT INTO IT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH.

WE ARE AT BEGINNING STAGE OF THE PROJECT AND AND WE ARE DEVELOPING APPS WE CAN DEPLOY UNEASESSER DATA TO HELP US FINE-TUNE THE AI AND DATA WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT AI TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.

TED: TIMEFRAME, WHAT DO YOU?

I WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE DEPLOYING THE TESTS THE BETA TESTING OF THE TECHNOLOGY THIS SUMMER.

THEN CONTINUE TO BUILD IT OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

VERY GOOD AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING.

WE APPRECIATE.

TED: THANK YOU.

TED: THAT IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.