Gastroenterology and Artificial Intelligence: 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit | October 2020-AI in Healthcare

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In this video, Dr. Tom Lowry, the National Director for AI for Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft, discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential applications in healthcare. He emphasizes that AI is not a single thing, but rather a collection of evolving components that can reach human parity in various tasks such as vision, speech recognition, reading, translation, and more. Dr. Lowry highlights the importance of understanding how AI can automate or augment healthcare practices. Automating work involves replacing repetitive tasks with smart machines, while augmenting work improves the performance of humans without replacing them, aiding in critical thinking, reasoning, judgment, and workflow efficiency. He also discusses the potential of AI to improve the overall healthcare experience for consumers by making it more convenient and user-friendly. Dr. Lowry emphasizes the responsibilities of healthcare leaders in managing data effectively and ensuring the responsible use of AI to avoid bias and disparities. He concludes by encouraging healthcare professionals to embrace the upcoming changes and play an active role in the transformation of healthcare through AI.

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Tom Lawry

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artificial intelligence

healthcare

AI applications

automation

augmentation