Artificial Intelligence - Advisory or Adversary?

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) leverages computers and machines capable of performing high-level executive functions, mimicking human intelligence. Machine learning (ML) is a branch of AI capable of improving itself by learning from data, identifying patterns and making decisions without being explicitly programmed to do so. AI is already part of everyday life and used in areas including healthcare, banking systems and industry. In particular, AI has numerous applications in medicine, such as risk prediction, robotic surgery, automated imaging diagnosis and clinical research.1,2 Cardiology is at the forefront of the AI revolution, and there are many potential applications. Though concerns with AI credibility are more of an issue in healthcare than in other fields, the potential benefits of well-integrated AI tools for medicine in general and cardiology in particular are fascinating.