AIR 011 | The next outlet for artificial intelligence is medical

On the morning of August 12th, Michael Wooldridge, head of the Department of Computing at Oxford University, delivered a speech entitled "Routes to Artificial Intelligence" at the CCF-GAIR conference. In the dialogue session after the speech, he answered the question raised by an investor audience: Now that artificial intelligence has had a lot of enthusiasm in the industry, what do you think will be the next field of investment in artificial intelligence hotspots?

Michael Wooldridge replied that he believes that the next big area of ​​application for artificial intelligence will be the medical industry.

He said:

Because in the United Kingdom and the United States, I believe that it is the same in China. Now it is very popular like this bracelet. It can monitor your heart rate, your blood sugar level, and how many steps you take, like an Apple Watch. It is also the same wearable device whose implementation is constantly monitoring your physical condition and all this information will be given to the AI ​​so that you can achieve some healthy applications.

I don't know your situation. When I was sick I went to see a doctor. Now this application is to let the doctor stay with you and monitor it 24 hours a day. It knows how much you sleep, how much you eat, knows your blood sugar level, he knows your exercise situation through the skin, etc. The phone can suggest when you want to exercise, when you eat too much, or drink too much alcohol.

In the United Kingdom, AI has now had some applications such as the analysis of records of medications used by the UK's national health system, including data on all British cases. This can really bring new and more discoveries to our entire healthcare industry, so I think the next hurdle should be medical care.