HealthTech February 26, 2020
From virtual assistants to MelaFind technology, numerous applications of AI are well positioned to improve patient care and potentially save lives.
Artificial intelligence has come a long way since it was first established as a field in 1956.
Over 60 years ago at Dartmouth College, a group of scholars organized by computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term, said CDW Data Center Architect Ken Cameron during his opening remarks at CDW•G’s AI Showcase at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. on Tuesday.
The Dartmouth group wanted to explore the possibilities of having machines solve problems that humans typically solved using their natural intelligence, Cameron said. Today, AI has evolved past that early research and development stage. “It’s now affecting our...