This person is playing a dangerous game and using her autistic child as an experimental toy. She's overconfident and certainly does not understand all the ramifications of what she's doing.
The other things she talks about, such as helping autistic people recognize emotions, could be enormously beneficial and much less potentially harmful.
My understand of part of the autism spectrum is difficulty empathizing, not being able to understand cues of emotion. I have the benefit of being able to understand pretty well that words I've just spoken or actions I've taken have hurt somebody's feelings. If an AI can flash up an image of "this person is now sad" right after someone lacking that ability has done or said something, they have the opportunity to apologize or say it differently. That could greatly improve their social interactions and personal happiness.
Someone had to write the software that runs on her kid's insulin pump. If you could make it better and had the resources to do it right, you'd probably find it less insanely dangerous and more like the obvious way to approach the problem.
Interestingly, if her working memory device is as good as she says, it may have serious potential as a non-chemical treatment for ADHD.
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