The artificial intelligence has gone from being an incredible concept of science fiction to a reality.

Nowadays it is a very extensive and constantly evolving field of studies.

It has various applications in the area of ​​finance, industry or medicine, and it is in this last area that we will focus on this publication.

The term Artificial Intelligence was coined in the year of 1956 by John McCarthy and defined it as the science and ingenuity of making intelligent machines, especially computer programs.

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However it is a difficult term to define, just the word "intelligence" is already very complicated, since it involves processes such as learning, reasoning, making decisions, you can imagine how difficult it is to define the artificial intelligence.

Despite this we can consider artificial intelligence as those algorithms that materialize in computer programs and that in turn run on a hardware whose purpose is to imitate the human way of thinking.

As mentioned artificial intelligence has several applications and one of them is the

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Do you imagine that tumors, heart failure, diabetes and other diseases can be identified earlier?

Well this is possible thanks to Watson which is a computer system artificial intelligence developed by IBM.

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Watson has already entered the field of oncology where artificial intelligence is not only able to understand and handle the technical language of millions of documents and files, but it can also analyze medical images and make judgments about it.

So that Watson is a very valuable medical consultation tool.

The medical specialists can receive personalized recommendations for each patient since Watson has access to all the knowledge available in the world about the oncology and does it practically in real time.

In addition this artificial intelligence has the possibility of comparing the chances of success of each treatment, however artificial intelligence of Watson is considered as a second opinion since it is not intended to replace the medical staff that is responsible for the patient.

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But IBM wants to go even further, already has more keys to Watson, the company recognized worldwide wants to help people who suffer from diseases such as diabetes or respiratory problems.

Watson is one of the many projects involving artificial intelligence in the area of ​​medicine.

For example, a study conducted by the University of Stanford published in the journal ACS Central Science showed that artificial intelligence can predict side effects of a drug, the algorithm developed is based on the chemical composition of the drug to make predictions about the instability in the molecules or their toxicity.

Another example is the project of Intel and AliBaba whose objective is to develop an algorithm that is capable of reading radiographs to anticipate diagnoses and monitor lung tumors.

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Artificial intelligence applied to medicine is making possible faster and more accurate diagnoses.

But in no way does it intend to replace medical personnel.

The one that is its purpose is to help in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases although there is still a lot of technology to be developed.

And you? What's your opinion about it?

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