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According to Accenture the market for AI (Artificial Intelligence) is set to grow from $600 million in 2014 to $6.6 billion by 2021.
Artificial Intelligence is a technology programmed to think and develop like human beings. AI is already inbuilt into diagnostic tools to help doctors in hospitals diagnose many cancers and other diseases. But can AI replace the role of doctors? Or contribute and support development in the health sector?
The Benefits Of AI
Presently AI automatically helps patients diagnose disease complaints online before visiting the doctor.
AI can predict patterns in imaging diagnosis much quicker and accurately, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other scanning machines, more precisely than a medical professional can, which means early diagnosis and treatment.
AI in surgery can accurately use laser technology to target key areas in a patient, which may not be possible with a surgeon. This type of surgery reduces complications and errors, reducing hospital stay.
AI can minimize errors caused by human negligence because any human emotion is taken out during a complicated procedure, e.g. if a doctor is not focused on the task at hand, they may take shortcuts in diagnosing the correct course of treatment.
Diagnosing the correct medication with an AI-compatible program will make this process faster. AI scans existing medicines that can be redesigned to fight disease.
AI has found only two medications that can reduce Ebola infections in just one day.
The Negatives Of Using AI
AI- will not produce empathy and empowerment to help a patient. AI cannot build trust, listen to a patient, or show compassion, e.g., how does AI tell a patient they are dying of cancer? Or How does AI ascertain what a child is feeling?
We will need medical professionals holding our hands while telling us about a life-changing diagnosis, their guide through the therapy, and their overall support. AI cannot replace that.
Complex digital technologies require competent human professionals.
More and more sophisticated digital health solutions will require qualified medical professionals. Take the example of the most commonly known surgical robot, the da Vinci Surgical System. It features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far higher than the human hand. However, surgeons must still learn how to operate it, which takes practice to master.
Who Wins?
It has never been AI v humans, but more of a symbiotic relationship. A study for identifying metastatic breast cancer through deep learning shows that the human error rate decreased by 85 percent when using AI with human diagnoses. The findings show that artificial intelligence and humans are the most potent when they cooperate.
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According to Accenture the market for AI (Artificial Intelligence) is set to grow from $600 million in 2014 to $6.6 billion by 2021.
Artificial Intelligence is a technology programmed to think and develop like human beings. AI is already inbuilt into diagnostic tools to help doctors in hospitals diagnose many cancers and other diseases. But can AI replace the role of doctors? Or contribute and support development in the health sector?
The Benefits Of AI
Presently AI automatically helps patients diagnose disease complaints online before visiting the doctor.
AI can predict patterns in imaging diagnosis much quicker and accurately, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other scanning machines, more precisely than a medical professional can, which means early diagnosis and treatment.
AI in surgery can accurately use laser technology to target key areas in a patient, which may not be possible with a surgeon. This type of surgery reduces complications and errors, reducing hospital stay.
AI can minimize errors caused by human negligence because any human emotion is taken out during a complicated procedure, e.g. if a doctor is not focused on the task at hand, they may take shortcuts in diagnosing the correct course of treatment.
Diagnosing the correct medication with an AI-compatible program will make this process faster. AI scans existing medicines that can be redesigned to fight disease.
AI has found only two medications that can reduce Ebola infections in just one day.
The Negatives Of Using AI
AI- will not produce empathy and empowerment to help a patient. AI cannot build trust, listen to a patient, or show compassion, e.g., how does AI tell a patient they are dying of cancer? Or How does AI ascertain what a child is feeling?
We will need medical professionals holding our hands while telling us about a life-changing diagnosis, their guide through the therapy, and their overall support. AI cannot replace that.
Complex digital technologies require competent human professionals.
More and more sophisticated digital health solutions will require qualified medical professionals. Take the example of the most commonly known surgical robot, the da Vinci Surgical System. It features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far higher than the human hand. However, surgeons must still learn how to operate it, which takes practice to master.
Who Wins?
It has never been AI v humans, but more of a symbiotic relationship. A study for identifying metastatic breast cancer through deep learning shows that the human error rate decreased by 85 percent when using AI with human diagnoses. The findings show that artificial intelligence and humans are the most potent when they cooperate.
