deep learning
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New AI System Predicts How Long Patients Will Live With Startling Accuracy
By using an artificially intelligent algorithm to predict patient mortality, a research team from Stanford University is hoping to improve the timing of end-of-life care for critically ill patients. In tests, the system proved eerily accurate, correctly predicting mortality outcomes in 90 per cent of cases. But while the system is able to predict when…
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AI Will Turn Regular Fitness Trackers Into Potentially Life-Saving Medical Devices
When the US Food and Drug Administration recently announcedthat it had approved the first-ever medical accessory for the Apple Watch – a wearable EKG monitor made by the medtech company AliveCor – it was big news. Apple has increasingly invested in health tech, eyeing it as a market where the Watch might hit big. The…
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Can You Distinguish These Real British Places From Fake Ones An AI Made Up?
Artificial intelligence networks have already come to the rescue of craft brewers, metal bands and guinea pig owners who are looking for wacky new names. Now, digital consultant Dan Hon wants to use those same neural networks to help Britain come up with even more amusing place names.
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Can An Algorithm Diagnose Heart Disease Better Than A Person?
Yesterday, researchers at Stanford University introduced the latest thing in AI diagnostics: An algorithm that can sift through hours of heart rhythm data gathered by wearable monitors to determine whether a patient has an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. The algorithm, the researchers say, is not only as good as a cardiologist at correctly diagnosing a…