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Comment
. 2019 Nov 8;21(11):e16323.
doi: 10.2196/16323.

The Last Mile: Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Reality

Enrico Coiera  1
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The Last Mile: Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Reality

Enrico Coiera. J Med Internet Res. .

Abstract

Although much effort is focused on improving the technical performance of artificial intelligence, there are compelling reasons to focus more on the implementation of this technology class to solve real-world applications. In this "last mile" of implementation lie many complex challenges that may make technically high-performing systems perform poorly. Instead of viewing artificial intelligence development as a linear one of algorithm development through to eventual deployment, there are strong reasons to take a more agile approach, iteratively developing and testing artificial intelligence within the context in which it finally will be used.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; implementation sceince; sociotechnical systems.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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Three stages in the development of artificial intelligence technologies.
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