New perspectives: AI as a tool to support the addictions workforce

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In the near future, Europe, and the rest of the world, faces a potential decline in the number of addiction professionals, with probable impacts on addiction care across the intervention spectrum. Artificial Intelligence (AI) may potentially address some of the foreseen human resource shortages, as well augmenting professional capabilities and increasing efficiency. However, such technological synergy also sparks ethical considerations for addiction prevention, harm reduction and treatment, raising questions about how we can ensure future ethical practices in this field. 

The WAVE major session will cover 3 angles related to AI as a tool for the addiction workforce, followed by an interactive panel discussion: 1) Digital Phenotyping and Using AI with Youth (Elissa Weitzman), 2) AI in the system – Large-Scale Day-To-Day Public Health Practice (Jordi Piera-Jimenez), 3) Challenges Behind AI-Supported Behavioural Addiction Treatment (Christina Todorova)