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. 2021 Feb 17:38:184.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.184.28197. eCollection 2021.

Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine as a strategic valuable tool

Andreas Larentzakis  1 , Nik Lygeros  2
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine as a strategic valuable tool

Andreas Larentzakis et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Humans' creativity led to machines that outperform human capabilities in terms of workload, effectiveness, precision, endurance, strength, and repetitiveness. It has always been a vision and a way to transcend the existence and to give more sense to life, which is precious. The common denominator of all these creations was that they were meant to replace, enhance or go beyond the mechanical capabilities of the human body. The story takes another bifurcation when Alan Turing introduced the concept of a machine that could think, in 1950. Artificial intelligence, presented as a term in 1956, describes the use of computers to imitate intelligence and critical thinking comparable to humans. However, the revolution began in 1943, when artificial neural networks was an attempt to exploit the architecture of the human brain to perform tasks that conventional algorithms had little success with. Artificial intelligence is becoming a research focus and a tool of strategic value. The same observations apply in the field of healthcare, too. In this manuscript, we try to address key questions regarding artificial intelligence in medicine, such as what artificial intelligence is and how it works, what is its value in terms of application in medicine, and what are the prospects?

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; deep learning; healthcare; machine learning; medicine; neural network.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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deep neural network architecture
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single artificial neuron with three inputs and one output
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