Committee on Aging

GAP Committee on Aging – Humane Intelligence and AI & Older Adults Update

The GAP Committee on Aging’s Humane Intelligence project has reached an important milestone. Our Special Article, “Humane Intelligence in Geropsychiatric Care: Relational Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Wisdom, and the Moral Grid Operational Index,” has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and is scheduled for the April 2026 issue as part of Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. The paper proposes a practical, clinician-facing framework and “moral grid” to guide safer AI use with older adults, with particular attention to clinical decision-making, caregiver burden, equity, and documented harms and overrides.

This work has been very much a committee effort. Members contributed case examples, questions, and critiques across several rounds of discussion and revision. We are grateful to Dr. George Alexopoulos of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, for his detailed guidance, which helped strengthen the manuscript’s clarity, rigor, and usefulness for clinicians and health systems.

The Humane Intelligence framework is also beginning to shape our educational work. General sessions on Humane Intelligence and AI in late-life mental health have been accepted for both the 2026 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Annual Meeting and the 2026 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting, where members of the GAP Committee on Aging and GAP Technology and Psychiatry Committee will present and discuss practical implications for clinicians, trainees, and health-system leaders. These sessions will discuss the four pillars: Relational Intelligence, Transparency with Care, Reciprocity and Consent, and Ethical Governance in Strategic Regions, and will introduce the Moral Grid Operational Index as a tool for everyday practice.

Looking ahead, the GAP Committee on Aging plans to continue developing practical tools and examples to accompany the article and presentations, for example, brief vignettes, checklists, and teaching materials that can help clinicians, trainees, and health systems apply Humane Intelligence principles at the bedside, in program design, and in policy discussions. Members who are interested in contributing cases, questions, or teaching applications related to AI and older adults are warmly invited to contact the GAP Committee on Aging.