Google AI Just Beat Human Pathologists at Detecting Cancer

The science of deep learning, a sub-discipline of artificial intelligence(AI), is only a recent development in the grand scheme of things, but during its short existence, it has been producing some impressive technological achievements. Advances in image recognition, language understanding, and translation have led to the development of virtual assistants, smart home speakers, gains in cybersecurity, and are leading the charge toward autonomous driving. Now, companies have found a way to use those AI smarts to fight cancer. Deep learning involves the construction of artificial neural networks, using software and complex algorithms to recreate the capacity of the human brain to learn. These learning computers have a particular knack for sifting through vast amounts of data and recognizing patterns, getting smarter as they go.