COVID-19 in the era of artificial intelligence: a black swan event?

Abstract

of COVID-19 (3). The large amount of social computational data generated by the pandemic may lead to breakthroughs in AI that can greatly alter human behavior. Newer COVID-19 variants and behavioral changes are causing resurgence of the pandemic. AI can use social computational data to devise novel non-pharmaceutical interventions to prevent newer outbreaks. “How we feel” a web and mobile application that longitudinally tracks COVID-19 symptoms, behavior and testing, can predict likely COVID-19 positive individuals and outbreaks (4). Genomic, structural data and outcomes can be used to make COVID-19 simulations, predict mutations, outbreaks and guide therapy leading to drug discovery, drug repurposing and precision medicine (5). Multiple applications for predicting severity using imaging and lab data in real time have been developed and have been externally validated (6). These applications have played a pivotal role in the management of the pandemic.