Health and AI
4 long-form articles on health and artificial intelligence by Sahir Maharaj, Lead Data Scientist and Microsoft MVP. Practical, research-grounded essays on how AI is changing health.

Can AI Hold Space for You?
What AI mental health tools actually do - and where they quietly fall short.
May 25, 20269 min read

AI in Medical Diagnosis Is Getting Eerily Good
What it means when an algorithm spots what the doctor missed.
May 21, 20269 min read

Can AI Really Understand How You Feel?
AI mental health apps are quietly everywhere. Is that a breakthrough, or a problem?
May 20, 20269 min read

The Dark Side of AI Health Monitoring
My watch knows more about my body than my doctor does. That's the upside, and the worry.
May 15, 202610 min read