Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Weighing the Accomplishments, Hype, and Promise.

Journal: Yearbook of medical informatics
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) research is now 50 years old, having made great progress that has tracked the corresponding evolution of computer science, hardware technology, communications, and biomedicine. Characterized as being in its "adolescence" at an international meeting in 1991, and as "coming of age" at another meeting in 2007, the AIM field is now more visible and influential than ever before, paralleling the enthusiasm and accomplishments of artificial intelligence (AI) more generally.

Authors

  • Edward H Shortliffe
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University.