ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: JOURNEY FROM REAL TO VIRTUAL RADIOLOGIST

Abstract

In current era, we all can sense that although machines have not taken the charge yet but these are seeping their way into our lives, affecting how we live, how we work and entertain ourselves. The behavior of these machines is called Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is an important domain of computer science which deals with making computers behave like humans. Simply in AI machines are made to learn (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using the rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. The term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy, an American computer scientist, in 1956 at The Dartmouth Conference where the discipline was born¹. In 1958 he invented the computer programming language LISP (derived from LISt Processor), the second oldest programming language after FORTRAN. LISP is still used today and is the programming language of choice for artificial intelligence².  Currently, AI is considered an umbrella term that encompasses everything from robotic process automation to actual robotics. AI can be categorized in many ways, but simply as Weak AI (designed and trained for a particular task) and Strong AI (multi-task, having human cognitive abilities and intelligence to find a solution for unfamiliar task).