Bets in AI - Computer Vision

Despite the sometimes exaggerated expectations of the potential applications of AI in everyday life and work in the past 10 years, there are a few elements within the domain that continue to show promise with advances made by researchers and industry fairly regularly. One of those is Computer Vision (CV), which is fundamental to a number of technologies with practical uses, like Augmented Reality. As with applications of other areas of AI, the most practical here is decision support.

Below is a great article on the team and vision at Paige, which is using CV for medical imaging purposes:

https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/18/paige-raises-45-million-to-detect-cancer-with-computer-vision/

Healthcare benefiting from ML

Really exciting to see progress in application of machine learning (ML) techniques to the world of healthcare, in ways that are immediately applicable to improving the ways care is provided. In this case, it should be possible to better know the timing when a strong medical intervention is necessary, and how early.

https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/using-ai-predict-breast-cancer-and-personalize-care

https://www.statnews.com/2019/07/17/an-experimental-ai-system-can-predict-when-pancreatic-cysts-will-become-cancerous/

The machine becomes an advisor that we and our clinicians can start to lean on more, for more peace of mind and a better life.