Medicine Man: How AI is bringing humanity back into healthcare - Microsoft News Centre Europe

"When mistakes happen, patients die. I remember thinking to myself'What is going on here?' When Simon Kos practiced critical care medicine in intensive care and anaesthesia early on in his career, digital technology was not well established. "I saw mistakes – avoidable mistakes – happen all around me," he states. Now Chief Medical Officer at Microsoft, Kos is at the forefront of a medical revolution. His ambition is infectious, and his passion is fuelled by his first-hand experiences of the power that technological transformation, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can bring to our lives. Transforming healthcare The term AI is thrown around a lot these days. For many, it conjures up images of a dystopian future where robots have infiltrated society and have replaced our jobs – a perception born out of silver screen fantasies. "People think about artificial intelligence and immediately jump to the science fiction perceptions of robots," Kos states. "Instead, when you distill it, it's about using data in autonomous, mathematical ways, to deliver insights.