ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course: Clinical Challenges and Real-Time Decision Making in GI Endoscopy (Live and Virtual) | May 2023-What is Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning: Terminology, and general concepts

What is Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning: Terminology, and general concepts

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In this video, Tyler Stevens introduces the basic concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) in endoscopy. He starts by defining AI as computer systems and algorithms that can perform tasks requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception or speech recognition. He emphasizes that AI in the medical field is mostly task-specific, and the concept of generalized AI, mimicking human intelligence fully, is still far away. Stevens explains the overlapping terminology in AI, including subsets like machine learning and deep learning. He discusses computer vision as an application of AI that allows computers to interpret the visual environment. He also introduces natural language processing, which transforms unstructured medical data into structured data for analysis. Stevens highlights the challenges of training AI algorithms, including the need for vast amounts of labeled data. He explains the concept of overfitting, where models perform well on a specific dataset but may not generalize to real-life situations. He concludes by emphasizing the need for collaborations between gastroenterologists and AI experts to advance the field.

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Tyler M. Berzin, MD, FASGE

Keywords

artificial intelligence

endoscopy

computer vision

natural language processing

machine learning

collaborations