DeepMind: How AI is making the world a smarter place

DeepMind's work is based on a solid grounding in neuroscience. This has underpinned the company's strategy of developing AI by teaching computers to mimic the thought processes of our own brains, in particular, how we use information to make decisions and learn from our mistakes. Google's interest in DeepMind likely lies in advancing the fields of machine learning and simulated neural networks – developing machines with more human-like thought processes, with the capacity to carry out jobs which previously would have required trained humans. Aside from winning at games, DeepMind has also been implemented across numerous healthcare projects, such as a collaboration with UCL's radiotherapy department to reduce the amount of time it takes to plan treatments. The group has said that by unleashing machine learning on the process of mapping a patient's head and neck area, the time taken to create treatment plans for these complicated procedures could be reduced from four hours to around one hour. One specific DeepMind project involves a collaboration with London's Moorfields Eye Hospital.