How AI Is Helping Us Understand More About the Ocean
The sea is one of man’s final frontiers. Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, so there’s quite a lot to explore! But what do you do if you need to find something specific in this vast expanse of water? You call Google! Ann Allen, an ecologist and researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
Deep Learning AI has Discovered a Promising New Antibiotic
Finding new antibiotics is like a game of hide-and-seek. Even finding penicillin was due to random chance — bacteriologist Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to discover penicillin growing in his bacterial colonies. If Fleming hadn’t gone on vacation for so long, penicillin may not have been discovered for another few decades. Chemists and medicine developers […]
AI + Biology = The World’s First “Living Robot”?
Merging artificial intelligence (AI) development and biology is the stuff of science fiction. Or, at least, it used to be — a team of researchers has revealed that they’ve created the first “living robots.” And it could change how we understand AI, approach healthcare, and preserve our environment. A Recipe for New Life? Last month, […]
AI Could Help Alleviate America’s Approaching Mental Health Crisis
The U.S. is experiencing a chronic shortage of medical professionals. Of course, this includes physicians. But psychiatrists will also be in scant supply. In five years, the U.S.’s supply of psychiatrists will be 15,600 short of the demand from patients, according to a 2017 study from the National Council for Behavioral Health. AI Can Lend […]
Why Machine Learning Isn’t Mainstream Yet
Thanks to great advancements in computational power, new algorithms, and better labeling of data, machine learning applications have flourished in recent years. From customer service chatbots to content recommendations, it now feels like this technology is everywhere. Unfortunately, much of machine learning’s potential is still left on the table. Technical constrictions and complicated barriers lie […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 4)
If you’ve been keeping up with our “AI Transforming Healthcare” series, you’ve learned about some cool ways that AI is impacting the medical field; selfies as diagnostic tools, electronic health records as risk predictors, and better brain-computer interfacing are just a few examples we covered. In case you missed our previous entry, you can get […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 3)
Welcome to the third part of our series focusing on the countless ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing medicine. In our previous article, we discussed how AI is impacting electronic health records (EHRs), how it can leverage EHRs as risk predictors, and how it’s helping to assess the risks of antibiotic resistance. In case […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 2)
Welcome to the second part of our series focusing on the numerous ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare. In our previous article, we delved into how AI is improving radiology, pathological imaging, and brain-computer interfacing. In case you missed it, you can read it here. In this entry, we’ll take a look at […]
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Healthcare (Part 1)
Healthcare is one of the oldest industries in the world, and it’s obviously not going anywhere anytime soon. But because of its stability and entrenchment, healthcare’s always been incredibly slow to enact changes, introduce new technologies, and update standards. Artificial intelligence (AI), in contrast, is a much younger field. Although that hasn’t stopped it from […]
Another 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Improving Healthcare
In 2018, Partners HealthCare, a Boston-based non-profit hospital and network of health providers, identified numerous artificial intelligence (AI) technologies bound to disrupt patient care during the next decade. But because of the rapid advancements of the last twelve months, the organization decided to focus this year’s list on AI innovations that will impact healthcare by […]