IDG Contributor Network: Why artificial intelligence in health care is harder than you would think
AI is the next industrial revolution. Although in its nascency, we are already seeing bold strides in areas as varied as extracting metadata from videos, voice recognition, natural language processing, handwriting recognition and so forth. The impact of AI can be felt across industries from military to media and entertainment. Arguably, the area that we are most likely to see growth is in the health care industry. According to a recent report from PwC, health care is one of the sectors most likely to reap the benefits of AI. Many companies like IBM are investing in providing AI services in health care such as IBM Watson Health.