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Theresa May: Use AI to Reduce Deaths From Cancer

posted by janrinok on Monday May 21 2018, @05:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the dying-to-see-how-it-turns-out dept.

takyon writes:

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is urging the use of artificial intelligence to help diagnose cancer:

The diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in the UK can be transformed by using artificial intelligence, Theresa May is to say. The NHS and technology companies should use AI as a "new weapon" in research, the PM will urge in a speech later.

Experts say it can be used to help prevent 22,000 cancer deaths a year by 2033 while aiding the fight against heart disease, diabetes and dementia.

High-skilled science jobs will also be created, Mrs May is to pledge. Speaking in Macclesfield, Mrs May will say: "Late diagnosis of otherwise treatable illnesses is one of the biggest causes of avoidable deaths. "And the development of smart technologies to analyse great quantities of data quickly and with a higher degree of accuracy than is possible by human beings opens up a whole new field of medical research."

Also at The Financial Times and The Guardian.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Monday May 21 2018, @06:04PM (4 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Monday May 21 2018, @06:04PM (#682297)

    That's right! Have a problem? Just throw AI at it! Because AI can solve any problem!

    AI can:

    Fight foot fungus!
    Efficiently desalinize seawater!
    Remember and play your favorite songs automatically!
    Gets your carpets whiter with a clean pine scent!
    Change a flat tire in 10 seconds flat!
    Replace your Microsoft SharePoint server!
    Inventory your toenail clippings!
    Solve for the last digit of PI instantly!
    Help you write a letter!
    Walks your dog!
    Increases air quality to 10 parts per minute or less!
    Write a better resume for you as it replaces your job!
    Keeps your friends and family up to date on Twitter and Facebook!
    Monitors and manages your AE35 units and pod bay doors for optimal performance! Now with TURBO BOOST!
    Unsurpassed for cleaning light sockets!
    And all spiel heckling kneads!
    Always remembers where you left your keys!
    Drive you to the store and back all while piling up pedestrian kill points!
    Find the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and null value!
    Come up with stupid uses for AI!
    And when that is all done it will make you a cake! We promise!
    What CAN'T AI DO? Get some today!

    AI can be all yours right now for the low price of $999,999.95! Expectonetotwohundredyearsfordelivery.

    IT'S WHAT PLANTS CRAVE!

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @06:14PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @06:14PM (#682301)

    Needs more blockchain! And maybe some Burma shave. Nice summary tho. ++

    • (Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Tuesday May 22 2018, @12:05PM

      by FakeBeldin (3360) on Tuesday May 22 2018, @12:05PM (#682606) Journal

      Needs more blockchain!

      Came here to say that next, a politician will utter the above phrase.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @06:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @06:16PM (#682303)

    Logged-in users aren't forced to preview their comments

    Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Samantha Wright on Monday May 21 2018, @06:18PM

    by Samantha Wright (4062) on Monday May 21 2018, @06:18PM (#682305)
    You may think that, but the really shocking thing is that machine learning has been at the forefront of innovation in cancer diagnosis for decades. Ms. May has apparently been severely misinformed.