Series · Life AI
The AI-Transformed Home
A home full of smart devices is not a home that knows you. This series describes what changes when a home builds a model of the person inside it: anticipating rather than reacting, watching the night so the caregiver can sleep, telling the doctor what twelve minutes cannot capture, and carrying what it knows about you into whatever comes next. It starts with a $12 grab bar and ends with a policy question.
BML-03.01
The House That Learned Her Name
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Vivienne's hallway light came on at 4 AM before she took her first step. Six months of sensor data taught the home to anticipate her Parkinson's-related waking. The difference between a smart home and …
BML-03.02
The Night Shift
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Leonard has not slept a full night in fourteen months because his wife has moderate Alzheimer's and gets up three times a night. The nighttime monitoring system takes the shift so Leonard can function …
BML-03.03
The Kitchen, the Bathroom, and the Stairs
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Louise has a $4,200 smart home proposal and a $12 grab bar on her kitchen table. Her occupational therapist, who has done 400 home assessments, says start with the grab bar. The most valuable home …
BML-03.04
The Robot in Your House
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Dr. Merrill spent three hours watching an 81-year-old woman in Osaka interact with a care robot. Fifteen years of Japanese deployment data tells a more complicated and more useful story than either …
BML-03.05
The Hands You Didn't Ask For
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Arthur's retrieval robot picks up his dropped phone in forty seconds. Arthur calls it liberation. His son Michael, watching from the doorway, calls it evidence of decline. Both are right, and the …
BML-03.06
What the Home Tells Your Doctor
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Dr. Petrov's pre-visit summary showed Bernard's movement speed declining 17% over three weeks, meals dropping from three to one, and no door activity in eight days. His self-report said he was fine. …
BML-03.07
Staying or Going
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Caroline's spreadsheet surprised her. Intelligent home modification costs less than three months of assisted living. The math buys Frances three to five additional years of safe independence, but the …
BML-03.08
The Home After You Leave It
Series 03: The Home That Knows You
Margaret's room at memory care was configured before she arrived: the lighting schedule, the Cantonese opera at 7 AM, the temperature curve from two years of home data. She hummed along on her third …
