Science: AI and diagnostics
AI (artificial intelligence) has the capacity to analyze gigantic piles of data to look for weak signals in tons of noise. Humans simply cannot do that, but AI can. One area of science where there usually is huge amounts of noise that hides weak signals is in medicine. One of the really hard places to pick out weak signals is in diagnosis of diseases that are slow to develop. Researchers all over the place are adapting AI to sift through massive data piles to look for signals of disease years before serious symptoms develop. STD writes about really encouraging data related to early detection of Alzheimer's Disease based on an interesting source of data, speech patterns: New AI Uses Speech Patterns To Predict Alzheimer’s Disease With Astonishing Accuracy A machine learning model created by Boston University can predict Alzheimer’s disease progression in patients with mild cognitive impairment by analyzing speech, with an accuracy of 78.5%. This tool leverages data from the Frami