How AI Is Helping Humanity Tackle the Coronavirus Crisis

Like any tool, technology can be used for both good and bad. And sometimes, that bad is inadvertent; tech in the form of airplanes helped expedite the spread of the coronavirus around the world. But fortunately, technology will also aid in stopping this pandemic crisis. A few weeks ago, we wrote about how the San Francisco-based company BlueDot utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to warn the general public about the dangers of COVID-19 well ahead of health officials. In case you missed it, you can read it here. Examples like BlueDot give us hope that emerging tools like AI can help humanity tackle problems like the coronavirus in unprecedented ways.