Looking Forward to AI and Medicine: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?

Journal: Missouri medicine
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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a significant area of interest in medicine, with the potential to influence various aspects of health care. However, the real benefits of applications of AI to medicine often become obscured by the considerable attention, and hype, around its capabilities. To better understand AI's role in medicine, it is important to contextualize its development and review the stages of AI evolution that have contributed to its present state.

Authors

  • Adam Wilcox
    Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle.
  • Malachi Griffith
    The Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America; Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
  • Obi Griffith
    Associate Professors of Medicine (Oncology) and Genetics and Assistant Director of the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.