The generative revolution: a brief introduction.

Journal: International journal of health geographics
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Abstract

Generative AI is rapidly establishing itself as a key member of the GeoAI battery of methods, models and tools in use today in various health applications. This paper is the first in an Int J Health Geogr two-article series (2025) on the 'Generative Revolution'. It is meant to serve as a brief introduction to the second article entitled 'The Generative Revolution: AI Foundation Models in Geospatial Health-Applications, Challenges and Future Research'.

Authors

  • Polychronis Kolokoussis
    School of Rural, Surveying & Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780, Athens, Greece.
  • Lan Mu
  • Maged N Kamel Boulos
    School of Information Management, Sun Yat-sen University, East Campus, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China. mnkboulos@mail.sysu.edu.cn.