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Strife, discord accompanied AI’s toddler’s steps during the 1950s
History of AI
AI moved beyond its conceptual phase and appeared in real-world applications in the 1950s, with early computer scientists, mathematicians, and psychologists winning recognition for their works, prescience, and herculean achievements, which set the stage for further breakthroughs.
Gil Press  |  Feb 13 , 2024
AI’s 80-year history offers tantalizing glimpses of its future course
History of AI
AI has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the 1940s, and a look back at this history is both fascinating and informative as an indicator of how the tech might continue to evolve, notes Gil Press, managing partner at the consultancy gPress and a noted AI commentator.
Gil Press  |  Feb 12 , 2024
ETL snags in data science, software engineering carry over into healthcare
Optimization
ML genetic and healthcare data specialist Dr Sara Moein details the intricacies of the ETL process for extracting, transforming, and loading data, and its implications for healthcare, which are of especial significance as the industry’s digitalization continues to gather steam.
Sara Moein  |  Feb 09 , 2024
BIO-Europe 2023 conference panel offers insights into AI’s ascent in pharma
New era
Experts in an AI panel session at the 2023 BIO-Europe winter conference highlighted some exciting biotech and pharma use cases in drug discovery for critical diseases while exploring the current regulatory outlook and other future possibilities. AI commentator Oladimeji Ewumi reports live.
Oladimeji Ewumi  |  Feb 08 , 2024
The future of healthcare: a patient journey powered by AI
Generic
AI is transforming patient healthcare at each step in a hospital journey, and will be an indispensable tool in all phases of future treatments. Biomed engineer and med-tech innovator Anjali Rajan, and epidemiologist and health economist Vishnu Baby Kumar discuss this trend from a patient perspective.
Anjali Rajan, Vishnu Baby Kumar  |  Feb 07 , 2024
What was 60 Minutes thinking in their recent interview with Geoff Hinton?
Cognition
In an interview with Geoff Hinton, a so-called ‘godfather of AI,’ journalist and CBS news anchor Scott Pelley did not exactly do his homework. Though a missed opportunity, it also offers useful lessons, asserts Gary Marcus, a best-selling AI author, entrepreneur, and professor.
Gary Marcus  |  Feb 06 , 2024
The 80-year history of AI holds plenty of lessons for the future
History of AI
In an upcoming week-long series on the history of AI, AI commentator and expert Gil Press examines its beginnings and how it evolved into its current form. This holds many valuable lessons as humans grapple with the challenges of this fast-changing tech in an uncertain world.
Jack Kotin  |  Feb 05 , 2024
Teaching ‘AI and the law’ in law school
Domain knowledge
AI has come a long way in a short time and is no longer the exclusive domain of computer scientists and techies. Even aspiring lawyers are now learning about how its many applications will shape the future of the law, explains attorney, professor, and AI expert Eran Kahana.
Eran Kahana  |  Feb 05 , 2024
Zoonotic AI: Should AI cheetahs offer running advice and otters transcribe?
Domain knowledge
Most AI and robots assume a humanoid form, but zoonotic AI takes a different tack, with animal figures providing AI-powered services. Dr Anshu Suri, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the CD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, advises matching furries with their functions.
Anshu Suri  |  Feb 04 , 2024
AI roots out corruption in India’s troubled healthcare terrain
Emerging markets
India, the world’s most populous country, has a complex healthcare system prone to inefficiency and corruption. As the country digitalizes, AI is already bearing fruit by exposing graft and granting more Indians access to quality care, writes AI and Big Data expert Disha Ganguli.
Disha Ganguli  |  Feb 02 , 2024
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Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova is a computational linguist who speaks seven languages. She heads two companies, Anacode and Equintel, that use AI to deliver cutting-edge business intelligence and guide clients towards smarter decisions, strategy, and execution.
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker is Professor of Marketing at INSEAD and the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science.His research explores why existing theories governing macroeconomic growth and firm level competition yield unreliable forecasts of actual market outcomes. He introduced the idea that physical sciences should be directly integrated into macroeconomic studies.
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari is an entrepreneur, AI thought leader, author, adjunct professor, and TEDx speaker. He is the founder of Innovation Titan, a data-science thought leadership and advisory firm. He advises executives on data-driven leadership and helps organizations adopt a culture of data for decision-making.
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter is head of department and scientific director of digitalization and digital association development at Diakonie Baden as well as associate professor at IU International University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on AI in healthcare and digital transformation in the social and healthcare sector.
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme is chief executive officer of Funartech, an AI startup that provides creative solutions to complex industrial problems by combining machine learning and applied mathematics. He is a strong proponent of hybrid methods and approaches, in particular the hybridization of machine learning and operations research.
Shanen Boettcher
Shanen Boettcher
Shanen Boettcher is a former General Manager of Microsoft’s Startup Business Group, which oversees the innovation of Microsoft’s core businesses. He also holds a PhD in human-machine communication and AI from the University of St Andrews, and has experience operationalizing strategy, developing global award-winning products, building tools and guidance for high-tech startups at Responsible Innovation Labs, and working as a product strategist for AI21 Labs, a leading artificial intelligence and large language model startup.
Austin Lentsch
Austin Lentsch
Austin Lentsch is a policy fellow at MIT’s Blueprint Labs.
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Betty Pio
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