Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Radiology: An Alternative View

Massive transformations often begin with deceptive slowness. The first hand-cranked digital computer in 1672 could add and subtract. The first electronic digital computer in 1946 was also able to multiply and divide. In 1956, researchers in the newly named field of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that computers as intelligent as humans were just around the corner. But it took until 1997 for a computer to beat the best human chess player and until 2016 for a computer to win at the vastly more complicated game of Go.

Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - May 11, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Robert Schier Tags: Opinion Source Type: research