The Future of AI in Anesthesiology
The Insights on Pain Medicine
The Bias of AI
When most think about artificial intelligence, the first thing that comes to mind is robot domination. Which is farther from the truth and bias. Speaking hypothetically, even if superintelligence was possible, robots and machines can never have true human consciousness. In other words, a machine can never be more intelligent than a human.
The Purpose of AI
AI is not meant to replace humans and that is the main bias that is always being argued. Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that utilizes Computer Vision to teach machines how to identify images and patterns. This enables the machine to see, hear, speak, write, and move. An example of Computer Vision in modern technology is facial recognition to detect your identity. AI has many great attributes such as aiding with medical diagnosis, performing dangerous activities, and detecting patterns that humans clearly cannot see.
To me… it’s basically a second pair of eyes that can assess patterns a human eye cannot see.
The Future of AI
Currently, AI is being tested and utilized in many industries such as healthcare, transportation, education, travel, and many more. In the AI world, the most talked about AI innovation is self-driving cars.
However, for this article, I will be discussing insights for AI in Anesthesiology in a question-answer format.
My Insights on AI in Anesthesiology
Q: Can Anesthesia be fully automated in the future where specialists jobs are minimized?
A: No, we will still need humans for the clinical trial process for pain medicine. Remember, regarding to machine learning, a machine learns by detecting patterns taught by humans. This takes intensive clinical testing and research. So, a full medical diagnosis cannot be achieved without a human consciousness. However, certain tools such as automation for a pain medicine information system can be implemented by using machine learning to help identify data trends that can dig deeper for a better analysis.
Q: How can AI help Anesthesiology in the future?
A: AI is an innovative technology, so, if used correctly, can aid anesthesia with decision-making support. AI can also be utilized for data analytics for clinical data. There are AI-powered systems like Adobe Sensei. These systems can process large data sets to detect patterns humans just cannot see. Furthermore, this also provides predictive analysis based on common patterns on the data and set certain parameters to observe different time frequencies on the patient’s health.
Q: What type of health innovations AI can aid with in the future of medicine?
A: A true goal of mines is to help individuals who are immobilized and/or need assistance with their walking posture. This is near and dear to me because my dad has ankylosing spondylitis from serving in the army. This diagnosis is basically arthritis of the spine and large joints, which causes a bent posture due to bones not having flexibility and being fused together. One research project I am working on is creating a “machine” to aid others to walk for the first time or train their body to walk with a straight posture without causing harm or pain. They’re many health innovations that can aid individuals to feel free and self-reliant. And that’s the true goal for me regarding to AI.
I believe, AI is the future of technology and will be everywhere within the next five years, so every industry will need to adapt due to the fear of competition.
