“Artificial intelligence isn’t merely poised to change our world; it already has. And the scientific possibilities are more fantastic – and more humanizing than we might think” (National Geographic: vol 246. November 2024). In this article in National Geographic, the authors outlined 5 real life examples of AI breakthroughs in neurosurgery, space, archaeology, nature and seismology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without sending you to read the article, one example that stood out in my mind was a team of doctors operating on a patient at the Netherlands’ Princess Maxima Center where AI is regularly used to help medical teams diagnose tumors faster and more efficiently. In the past, surgeons open an patient’s skull and biopsy a small portion of the tumor for analysis. The skull is closed up while it takes up to two weeks for the biopsy sample to come back from the lab. If the sample returns positive with cancer, the surgeons must then open the skull again and remove the tumour. Alternatively a doctor can place a slide with a sample of the tissue under a microscope in the operating room and try to use their experience and education to make a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Hoving specializes in operating on kids and teenages and he understands the challenges facing surgeons as the patient lies on the table with their skull open. He cites an experience he had a few years previously. The section examined under the microscope in the operating room indicated a highly malignant tumor called an ATRT, which is known to be a highly aggressive cancer. Dr. Hoving decided the best course of action was to perform a radical resection, carefully removing 98% of the tumor. The end result was the patient loss some motor control in one of his arms. When the lab results came back ten days later, the report showed the tumor wasn’t an ARTR and the treatment could have been much different. The Doctor laments in hindsight, he should not have taken the path he took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the summer of 2023, the Princess Maxima Center starting using an experimental AI model called Sturgeon, that can identify tumors in real time. It can categorize brain tumors with a 90% accuracy in less than 40 minutes, allowing the doctors to make an informed decision while the patient is under the knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The article is much more in depth about using AI to do DNA sequencing and other highly technical procedures in medicine. The point is, AI can be used to greatly enhance and improve our lives. Its a new world of discovery using AI and we are front and center in this new world! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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