How Artificial Intelligence is Bolstering Healthcare Advances in Therapeutics Development

By Stella Belonwu, BS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently one of the biggest buzz words within technology innovation. In the simplest terms, AI is a branch of computer science that involves training computers to perform tasks such as learning and problem solving, typically thought of as requiring intelligence. For example, AI could involve a computer learning through trial and error to identify complex patterns in events or play strategic games. Tasks within AI are frequently divided into two types: supervised and unsupervised learning. In supervised learning, the desired outcome of the task is known. Identifying a cat in a picture is one example. In unsupervised learning, the desired outcome of the task is unknown, and the goal is generally to learn some previously unknown underlying structure within the data. An example of unsupervised learning could involve identifying clusters of similar genomic sequences linked to tumors.