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For all the talk about how computers are frying our brains, they might have a role to play in fixing them, too. In 2017, Dr. Coral Hoh launched Dysolve, an A.I. platform designed to diagnose and treat dyslexia, a reading comprehension disability, by generating mini video games in real time. As a user interacts with the platform, the system tries to identify the root of their neurological challenges, and generates new games to exercise those specific shortcomings. The idea is to eventually treat millions of people—dyslexia affects around 20 percent of the population—at a speed and scale far beyond what human specialists can achieve. At least, that’s the pitch.