Deep Blue was a chess computer developed by IBM that defeated reigning world champion Garry Kasparov in a match in 1997. Deep Blue’s victory was seen as a symbolic testament to the rise of artificial intelligence—a victory of a machine over a human.
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AI in Practice
In medicine, AI is used not only for diagnosing patients but also for decision-making and automated, robot-assisted surgeries.
Radiology
Aidoc has developed a suite of AI-based software capable of detecting anomalies in CT scans, including pulmonary embolisms, intracranial hemorrhages, and occlusions of large blood vessels.
Pathology
PathAI is a company that has developed machine learning models to assist pathologists in diagnosing diseases from liver and breast biopsies. In addition, the models can predict disease progression and suggest the best treatment options.
Predicting infections at the surgical site
DASH Analytics developed a machine learning algorithm to assess a patient’s risk of infection. A three-year study found that the algorithm had reduced the risk of infection by nearly 75% in a subgroup of patients undergoing general and colorectal surgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Robot-assisted surgery
The medical technology company Microsure has developed MUSA, the first surgical robot for open microsurgery, which received certification for clinical use in Europe in 2019.
Nautilus
Nautilus is a self-learning supercomputer. It can predict your future. Fed with more than 100 million news articles, the supercomputer correctly predicted the timing of the revolutions in Libya and Egypt in 2011. This is the same supercomputer that tracked down Osama bin Laden and became famous shortly thereafter. It derived its predictions from information provided by millions of articles dating back to the 1940s.
Robot pets
According to animal welfare researcher Dr. Jean-Loup Rault, we will most likely have robotic pets by 2025. It will be possible to form an emotional bond with them. For people who are allergic to animal dander, this is definitely good news.
Image processing
Embedded vision combines cameras, edge or cloud computing, software, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable systems to “see” and recognize objects. Intel offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to bring AI to life. This includes CPUs for general-purpose computing and computer vision, as well as Vision Processing Units (VPUs) for acceleration. Designed for use in a wide range of environments, computer vision systems can quickly recognize objects and people, analyze audio-demographic characteristics, inspect manufactured products, and much more. Computer vision uses deep learning to create neural networks that then guide the systems in image processing and analysis. Thoroughly trained computer vision models can be used for object recognition, people recognition, and even motion tracking.