So lately I've been commenting on a terrific book written by Professor John Lennox. It's called 2084; It's all about the development of Artificial Intelligence. Today, I wanted to discuss some of these incredible advances but more specifically how they will benefit the medical industry. I didn't realize just how far we had come in the past few years with Artificial Intelligence. In his book 2084, Lennox reports that at the University of Toronto, engineers have harnessed the powers of machine learning in generating X-rays which augment training sets.

Another type of bias is bias introduced by design. What this means is that algorithms are written by real people who work for companies who have their own agendas, such as earning profits. Algorithms could be made so that they work the same as any machine learning algorithm but with key biases incorporated. These may include bias towards people who may not be able to afford the most reliable or efficient treatment for a particular illness and replacing that with something that may be in their range of affordability but still presented as the best method of treatment. It is also possible that the designer may have inadvertently added bias into the algorithm without realizing it.