@paulportesi 1/n
It's been behind the scenes. The Canadian AI company BlueDot is who first alerted the world to coronavirus after the first case was detected in China.
This program predicts infectious diseases and locates and tracks their spread.
bit.ly/2UvLLWv
It's been behind the scenes. The Canadian AI company BlueDot is who first alerted the world to coronavirus after the first case was detected in China.
This program predicts infectious diseases and locates and tracks their spread.
bit.ly/2UvLLWv
@paulportesi 2/n
It combines with domain knowledge from epidemiologists, analyzes over 100,000 reports daily (multiple languages), then sends out regular alerts to health care, government, business, and public health clients. Highlights outbreaks discovered by AI and their risk.
It combines with domain knowledge from epidemiologists, analyzes over 100,000 reports daily (multiple languages), then sends out regular alerts to health care, government, business, and public health clients. Highlights outbreaks discovered by AI and their risk.
@paulportesi 3/n
AI has also been adopted to detect people with fever in large crowds via AI-powered smart glasses. They are worn by security guards who can now check hundreds of people within a few minutes without making contact.
bit.ly/2Uzb4ag
AI has also been adopted to detect people with fever in large crowds via AI-powered smart glasses. They are worn by security guards who can now check hundreds of people within a few minutes without making contact.
bit.ly/2Uzb4ag
@paulportesi 4/n
A variation on this tech was/is used in bus and train stations too. They combine AI with new temp measurement tech via computer vision. Obviously manual temp measurement increases risk of cross-infection).
A variation on this tech was/is used in bus and train stations too. They combine AI with new temp measurement tech via computer vision. Obviously manual temp measurement increases risk of cross-infection).
@paulportesi 5/n
Various AI programs are now available for chest screening. These can highlight lung abnormalities in a chest X-ray scans, used to assist COVID-19 risk evaluation (much faster than human radiologists).
bit.ly/3f5xbyk
Various AI programs are now available for chest screening. These can highlight lung abnormalities in a chest X-ray scans, used to assist COVID-19 risk evaluation (much faster than human radiologists).
bit.ly/3f5xbyk
@paulportesi 6/n
AI-based robots are being used to reduce contact between patients and health care workers minimizing cross-infection risk. Chinese firms are using drones to perform contactless delivery and to spray disinfectants in public areas.
bit.ly/2K7HMxe
AI-based robots are being used to reduce contact between patients and health care workers minimizing cross-infection risk. Chinese firms are using drones to perform contactless delivery and to spray disinfectants in public areas.
bit.ly/2K7HMxe
@paulportesi 7/n
Contact-tracing apps are already in widespread use in Asia. They're using AI to determine the risk of cross infection, then alert users of the risk. Canada is also set to release their AI-powered version.
bit.ly/2H7aU6G
Contact-tracing apps are already in widespread use in Asia. They're using AI to determine the risk of cross infection, then alert users of the risk. Canada is also set to release their AI-powered version.
bit.ly/2H7aU6G
@paulportesi 8/n
In the attempt to speed things up relative to the usual step-by-step, linear approach to drug discovery, AI is being used to check whether existing drugs used to treat other diseases can be used to treat COVID-19.
bit.ly/3lCEPm9
In the attempt to speed things up relative to the usual step-by-step, linear approach to drug discovery, AI is being used to check whether existing drugs used to treat other diseases can be used to treat COVID-19.
bit.ly/3lCEPm9
@paulportesi 9/n
Also in remote communication, telemedicine, and food security. Government is using ML enabled chatbots for contactless screening of COVID-19 symptoms. Also to answer questions from the public. Uses real-time info from the French government.
Also in remote communication, telemedicine, and food security. Government is using ML enabled chatbots for contactless screening of COVID-19 symptoms. Also to answer questions from the public. Uses real-time info from the French government.
@paulportesi 10/n
Mantle Labs is offering their AI crop-monitoring solution to retailers free of charge, to provide additional resiliency and certainty to supply chains in the UK due to covid19 impact.
bit.ly/35Cea3p
Mantle Labs is offering their AI crop-monitoring solution to retailers free of charge, to provide additional resiliency and certainty to supply chains in the UK due to covid19 impact.
bit.ly/35Cea3p
@paulportesi 11/n
And on and on....
Molecular design/drug discovery. Supply chain. Contactless robots. Vision systems. Some suggest donating data may be the most effect way to fight covid.
politi.co/3f6ZX1v
And on and on....
Molecular design/drug discovery. Supply chain. Contactless robots. Vision systems. Some suggest donating data may be the most effect way to fight covid.
politi.co/3f6ZX1v
@paulportesi 12/n
Having access to medical data raises privacy issues, making it more difficult for AI to make inroads to healthcare relative to other fields. Also, epidemiologists aren't exactly known for their cutting-edge use of analysis techniques.
Having access to medical data raises privacy issues, making it more difficult for AI to make inroads to healthcare relative to other fields. Also, epidemiologists aren't exactly known for their cutting-edge use of analysis techniques.
@paulportesi 13/n
And rest assured, the push towards "explainable AI" BS makes government institutions very slow to adopt more appropriate techniques like machine learning that are more inline with the problem complexity.
And rest assured, the push towards "explainable AI" BS makes government institutions very slow to adopt more appropriate techniques like machine learning that are more inline with the problem complexity.
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