Healthcare and the artificial intelligence revolution - PMLiVE

What is AI? AI is concerned with replicating mechanisms of human intelligence using computers and software. One popular technique involves replicating the brain's neural network (a modelling technique known as'artificial neural networks') to analyse information, extract layers of detail from within it and ultimately attempt to interpret the results. This makes the technology perfect for performing tasks such as analysing language and identifying objects within images. The basic principles have been around since the '60s and were refined in the '90s to allow systems to'learn' based on previous results. In medicine such methods were used to perform tasks such as analysing pap smears.