Is Artificial Intelligence On The Backburner During The Coronavirus Outbreak


Scientists have been able to engineer AI Doctors for a couple of years now, such as IBM Watson’s cardiologist AI, for example, identify algorithms, and potentially informs a patient of their disease. After that, a chatbot feature advices them thusly, on treating their condition. These AI-powered engineer doctors hold the key to self-diagnoses, and can dispense advice, almost as efficiently as any doctor could.

Engineer AI To Fight A Pandemic

Governments are in a fix, as we speak, as the looming threat of a Coronavirus outbreak (now pandemic), is threatening the safety of every nation state on the planet. Studies, like the one done at MIT, have demonstrated the potential of a “Robot Doctor” – an Artificial Intelligence that can do the same tasks as a Doctor, albeit with fewer mistakes! Artificial Intelligence, or the tasks we engineer AI for, have drastically seen a shift of pace in the last few years. A lot of them appear to be merely sorting tools, but their real potential is actually unexplored. One unlikely source of marvel, for which scientists have begun to engineer AI for, is battling the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, through a mix of preventive measures (like the Toronto based BlueDot AI, which predicted the outbreak of Coronavirus before it even happened), and reparative actions (like the Robot Doctors of Guangzhou, China).

The Drawbacks Of A Robot Doctor’

To be fair, having to Engineer AI that takes the role of Doctor is basis for paranoia within itself. The fact of the matter is that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has exposed some really glaring flaws in our pandemic response measures. With over $2.8 trillion USD being pumped into a reactionary response by the countries of the world right now, a fraction of it could’ve established a working AI action team in the many years leading up to it.

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