Smart time to learn more about artificial intelligence

As Innovation Lead for Precision Medicine at Innovate UK I am sometimes asked about the best STEM subjects to study, usually by parents wanting to help their children select the best university courses. Something they're really interested in, I have tended to say, but now add that something involving AI (Artificial Intelligence) might be a very wise choice. AI's nothing new, but now seems on the verge of making a big impact in clinical settings, reflected in our competition applications in the area of precision medicine. There are many ways AI can play a role in the medical arena, where being able to find patterns and associations in large data sets is fundamental to developing new technologies and services. These large data sets include disparate patient information, such as the increasing levels of genetic information we will have about patients, and linking it to phenotypic information (observable physical properties e.g.