The Future of Surgeons?

Earlier post was concerning about healthcare and how Artificial Intelligence can tap into those areas. What if after years of focusing and finally human beings has come up with an artificial intelligence doctor. Human beings can make error as it is apart of their life but imagine a robot that is able to do calculations in seconds in order to determine the correct drug dosage to be given to a patient without any risk later on just by using their super computer brain.

From the perspective of the chairman of public health at University of Warwick, Professor Richard Lilford thinks that this wont happen and even if it happens the Artificial Intelligence will only be used as a second opinion or even first opinion. However the final call will definitely be made by the doctor themselves. It is undeniable that computers will produce effective results, but concerning towards medical field especially dealing with patients who are ill or terminally ill by having a real life doctor in those circumstances is really comforting for the patients due to the supportive human characteristic which is indeed vital. With an Artificial Intelligence doctor, patients would not be able to get such comforting support.

"It’s lethal to think that you can separate the psychological care from the physical care. They are part and parcel of the same thing" (Powell, 2015).

For now the advancement of technology in the medical field with the use of Artificial Intelligence has brought human kind to a lot of opportunities in variety of methods on treating, detecting and preventing diseases. For example the Deep Genomics which is the combinations of machine learning techniques fuse with Artificial Intelligence which allow to study the human genome. In a way it is able to predict either that person will get a certain disease or they might not get it. This Deep Genomics is different because it has access to a database of 300 million variety of diseases. As any other analysis it also uses algorithms to find out on how an individual's mutation would cause a problem in the future.

In the words, it safe to say that the future for surgeons around the world in safe for now as having that personal human-to-human interaction plays an important role in treating and handling patients. (386 words)

Written by Kaza and Khoo Foo Sheng

References:

Powell, J. (2015), The Telegraph. Do robots feature in the future of medicine? [Online] 15 October 2015. Available from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/education/festival-of-the-imagination/11921755/will-robots-take-over.html. [Accessed 3 November 2015]

Keshavan, M. (2015), MedCity News. Using deep learning and artificial intelligence to map the genome and predict disease. [Online] 22 July 2015. Available from http://medcitynews.com/2015/07/deep-learning-artificial-intelligence-genome/. [Accessed 3 November 2015]

Intelligence Healthcare

Concerning the area of medicine, how far has the technology in this particular field has help human beings? Are we in the state where we have artificial intelligence robots performing surgery on patients? Not yet, but what we have are artificial intelligence that can assist people in their healthcare. 

According to Eugene Borukhovich (2015), there are 5 areas where the Artificial Intelligence can actually advance more in the future. Firstly using the Artificial Intelligence to be a predictor in the drug resistance. Secondly utilizing Artificial Intelligence to to fully support faithfully towards medication, for example AiCure, uses Artifical Intelligence integrated with the smartphone to check whether the person has taken their medicine or not. Thirdly is the development of smart drugs with Artificial Intelligence, currently three major companies are collaborating with each other IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi. They are teaching the supercomputer to analyze and truly understand the scientific outcomes of each clinical trial that was conducted, so based on the results they could then help to further develop better drugs and event treatment. By doing so they are able to see clearer pattern and help physicians to make better decisions when giving out medicines to the right patients that would eventually help those patients by minimizing the side of effect but also at the same time maximizing the effectiveness of it. Fourthly is concerning Alzheimer's patients, Artificial Intelligence that are able to support and give a better quality of life towards Alzheimer's patient. Turns out Department of Computer Science from the University of Washington has already explore in this particular area. The system would utilize Artificial Intelligence technology where it will help to substitute part of the memory and also skills like problem solving that was lost along the way due  to being an Alzheimer's patient. Lastly, a wearable health technology. A general manager from Microsoft, Zulfi Alam will use the Internet of Things (IoT) applications by collecting data. From that data an algorithm will be created where it will have all the knowledge of the users bio-metrics. Moreover, they are able to recognize patterns and eventually to give the user a chance to improve their health. (362 words)

Written by Kaza and Thinesh

References:

Borukhovich, E. (2015), Health Works Collective. Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Are We There Yet?. [Online] October 20 2015. Available from http://www.healthworkscollective.com/eborukhovich/318831/artificial-intelligence-healthcare-are-we-there-yet. [Accessed 2 November 2015]

Hernandez, V. (2015), International Business Times. 5 artificial intelligence applications in healthcare to dispel fear of robots with AI. [Online] October 28 2015. Available from http://www.ibtimes.com.au/5-artificial-intelligence-applications-healthcare-dispel-fear-robots-ai-1478480. [Accessed 2 November 2015]

Nano Healers

The brain is an intricately designed force of nature. Artificial intelligence technologies attempt to replicate the functions of human brain by mimicking its various neural pathways, essentially, thinking like a human does.

In the medical field, artificial intelligence is able to process vast amounts of information such as the patient’s medical history, immediate family history, environmental data, and even world population data, and identify patterns that were seemingly hidden from human view. Harnessing the power of big data, artificial intelligences can skim through an unprecedented swath of data to obtain and analyse the results.

There are a variety of applications for medical-based artificial intelligences. A technology currently in development involves injecting nano-robotic-particles (nanobots) into the blood stream, and utilizing it to eradicate harmful microparticles that resides within the body, such as bacterium, tapeworms and potentially even viruses. The artificial intelligence communicate within a neural network framework, essentially improvising and evolving its strategies while performing within its target parameters.

The underlying principles of medical nanotechnology is closely related to swarm AI technology, which also has its uses in the military. Like ants in a colony, these nanoparticles strive towards a common goal, akin to predator stalking its prey, all the while minimizing flaws and maximizing its bounty (or in the medical context, health benefits). To sum it up, think A Bug’s Life. (223words)

Written by Thinesh, Kaza and Tan Benwu

References:

Xining,H.(2015).MedTech Boston. Swarm Robotics: The Future of Medicine? [Online] 6 October 2015. Available from https://medtechboston.medstro.com/swarm-robotics-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-future-of-medicine/ [Accessed 2 October 2015]