#934 iLet Bionic Pancreas with Ed Damiano
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
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The Learning System of the Insulin Islet
It is a kind of an autonomous learning system. I wouldn't call it artificial intelligence. It does do some pattern recognition though, in the sense that if it sees that the basal algorithm is giving more insulin at the early morning hours over and over again, it will tend to be higher in that period. If you're not hyperglycemic, so if it sees you sort of staying low, it'll back off completely on basal insulin or shut it down dramatically. So it definitely is biased in trying to prevent hypoglycemia. The best way to deal with exercise is to be as biomimetic as possible. That is how the pancreas handles exercise. And we really do need
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