[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":422},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-future-of-hearing":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":190,"relatedBooks":325},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":32,"project_category":46,"contact_email_category":47,"yst_prominent_words":48,"class_list":55,"better_featured_image":76,"acf":125,"yoast_meta":135,"_links":137},25063,"2019-10-12T15:20:29","2019-10-12T13:20:29",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=25063&_wpnonce=c50fdf5f5c&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-03-27T12:58:32","2023-03-27T10:58:32","future-of-hearing","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffuture-of-hearing",{"rendered":17},"The Future Of Hearing: How Technology Might Turn Us Into Superheroes",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Have\nyou always wanted a tiny device in your ear with which you can listen in to the\nconversation that’s difficult to catch due to background noise? Have you always\ndreamed about becoming the master of every language so you could get along\nanywhere on the globe? The latest innovations to hearing technology enable not\nonly the improvement of perceiving sounds for the hearing impaired, but they\nhave the potential to even turn humans into superheroes with superhuman\ncapabilities in the far future. Now, listen carefully, here’s how science\nfiction is coming to our ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The age of hearables is coming\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The\nappearance of hearing and ear-based technologies, such as headphones, earbuds,\nhearing aids, and many other devices that measure health parameters via the ear\n– with a common term: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nap.edu\u002Fread\u002F23446\u002Fchapter\u002F6#151\">hearables\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\n– signify a new age for treating hearing-related health troubles. These devices\ncan combine multiple functions, can be used for diagnostics or treatment, and\noften feature innovative solutions in style, color, and accessibility.\nMoreover, one estimate projects that the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nap.edu\u002Fread\u002F23446\u002Fchapter\u002F6#chapter04_pz216-9\">market\nfor hearables will be worth more than $17 billion by 2020\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus, even the life of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.ai-media.tv\u002Fblog\u002Ffamous-deaf-people\">Thomas Edison, the great American inventor\u003C\u002Fa>, would probably have taken a different course in the era of digital technology helping people with hearing impairments. Edison spent much of his life with little to no hearing from the age of 12. Although his condition did not hinder him from reaching incredible achievements, imagine how new technologies could have helped him make even more of his talents. Exactly how they could improve the lives of around 466 million people worldwide – 34 million children – who suffer from hearing loss today, according to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews-room\u002Ffact-sheets\u002Fdetail\u002Fdeafness-and-hearing-loss\">estimates of the World Health Organization\u003C\u002Fa>. Now, let’s put this new and innovative market under the microscope and look at what they can offer for people with hearing impairments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002Fage-of-hearables-512x384.jpeg\" alt=\"future of hearing\" class=\"wp-image-25064\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002Fage-of-hearables-512x384.jpeg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002Fage-of-hearables-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002Fage-of-hearables.jpeg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.ieee.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Smart apps and otoscopes for\ndiagnosing hearing problems\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Various methods exist to assess hearing problems and to detect early whether, for example, listening to loud rock and goth music has any impact on your ability to perceive sounds. Before you would think it doesn’t, ask \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miracle-ear.com\u002Fblog-news\u002Ffive-celebrities-with-hearing-loss\">Bill Clinton, who as a result of loud music, the use of hunting rifles, and attendance on loud political rallies\u003C\u002Fa>, has trouble to follow conversations in crowded rooms and wears hearing aids now. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus,\nif you want to be certain that you don’t have any troubles with catching\nsounds, make that sure with your doctor during the next physical exam, or \u003Cstrong>try\na \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC5454564\u002F\">smart\napp\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> for checking your level of\nhearing. For example, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=mobile.eaudiologia&hl=en\">Hearing\nTest\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> for Android and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fuhear\u002Fid309811822?mt=8\">UHear\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>,\nas well as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fmimi-hearing-test\u002Fid932496645?mt=8\">Mimi\nTest for iPhone\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>, could let you know\nwhether you should go to your GP for a further examination. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Also, many types of smart otoscopes were introduced lately on the market to diagnose hearing problems.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Some of those, for example, the CellScope, TYM Otoscope, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tytocare.com\u002Fprofessionals\u002F\">TytoCare’s\u003C\u002Fa> specific product can be attached to a smartphone – so it can be turned into an otoscope with only a few moves. The user can take a photo or a video of any family member’s ear and send it for consultation to an otorhinolaryngology specialist. This is especially useful in the case of a small child or an elderly relative, as they are less willing to go to the doctor’s office than adults. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FCellScope-512x342.jpg\" alt=\"future of hearing\" class=\"wp-image-25065\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FCellScope-512x342.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FCellScope-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FCellScope.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.newatlas.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The\near is the new wrist\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Current\nhearing care technologies mainly signify various hearing aids and cochlear\nimplants supporting the hearing impaired or the entirely deaf. In the last ten\nyears, \u003Cstrong>they went through an enormous transformation: from \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.oticon.global\u002Fprofessionals\u002Fblog\u002F2018\u002Fthe-future-of-hearing-technology\">basic\ndigital devices hearing aids became multifunctional medical instruments\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\n– and it will only intensify in the future. Right now, they have access to the\nInternet, they are fit for iPhones and are able to scan the whole sound\nenvironment 100 times every second and reduce noise before delivering it.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\nExperts also say that Bluetooth technology will become a standard feature of\nhearing aids soon, especially since \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Feu.greenvilleonline.com\u002Fstory\u002Fsponsor-story\u002Fhearing-healthcare-center\u002F2019\u002F08\u002F05\u002Fwhy-future-hearing-aid-technology-sounds-amazing\u002F1871505001\u002F\">Apple\nhas patented specific Bluetooth connectivity for hearing aids to connect to its\niOS platform\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The\nmore general trend here is that the latest devices improving hearing problems\nmove from a simple medical instrument focusing on solving one issue to a\ncomplex ‘digital assistant’ carrying out tasks that might go way beyond ‘just’\ncorrecting hearing, but changing the perception of the environment or offering\nservices that were way out of their territory before, resulting in people with\nhearing aids \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-makes-you-a-superhero\u002F\">becoming\nsuperheroes with sci-fi-like characteristics in the future\u003C\u002Fa>.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, while the simple innovation, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.tvears.com\u002F\">TV Ears\u003C\u002Fa>, helps people with hearing loss hear the television clearly without turning up the volume, in March 2019, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.starkey.com\u002Fblog\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FFall-detection-technology-in-a-hearing-aid\">Starkey Hearing Technologies introduced a hearing aid on the market\u003C\u002Fa> which is able to measure physical activity and detect falls. Starkey is also working on advanced sensors, such as a heart rate sensor, pushing hearing aids towards the health and wellness terrain, turning the ear into the new wrist, metaphorically speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FHearingAide2-512x384.jpg\" alt=\"future of hearing\" class=\"wp-image-25066\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FHearingAide2-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FHearingAide2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002FHearingAide2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.wired.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The\nmarriage of artificial intelligence and hearing aids\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fstarkeypro.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fwireless-hearing-aids\u002Flivio-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Livio AI\u003C\u002Fa>, as Starkey Hearing Technology’s new device is called, uses tiny sensors, plus, as its name suggests, artificial intelligence to selectively filter noise and focus on specific sound sources – for instance, the person across the table in a busy restaurant – while also \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffeatures\u002F2019-04-18\u002Fthe-future-of-wearable-tech-is-called-a-hearing-aid\">tracking various health metrics, including steps walked, stairs climbed, and cognitive activity, such as how much the wearer is talking and engaging with other humans\u003C\u002Fa>. It also does near-instantaneous translation of 27 languages and will, after a forthcoming update, measure heart rate. Starkey Hearing, the company that helped U.S. presidents, Nelson Mandela, or Mother Teresa hear better, is a leading innovator in the field, but others are also catching up quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Similar\nto Livio AI, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nuear.com\u002Fhearing-aids\u002Ftechnologies\u002Fcirca-artificial-intelligence-hearing-aids\">Nuear’s\nhearing aid coupled with its so-called Circa AI\u003C\u002Fa>\npromises both superior sound quality and the ability to act as a wearable\ndevice tracking vital signs and brain health. Plus, featuring integrated\nsensors and artificial intelligence, it also vows to detect if the wearer has\nfallen and to act as an assistant. In addition, according to a report from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hearingtracker.com\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-machine-learning-will-revolutionize-hearing-aids\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hearing Tracker\u003C\u002Fa>,\none of the best integrations of hearing aids and A.I. is the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fglobal.widex.com\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fsoundsense-learn\">SoundSense\nLearn technology for Widex EVOKE hearing aids\u003C\u002Fa>.\nSoundSense Learn is an \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audicus.com\u002Fsmartphone-apps-healthy-hearing\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">app\u003C\u002Fa>\nthat allows users to adjust the settings on their hearing aids based on their\nenvironment. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Naturally, as artificial intelligence and digital assistance are involved, big tech companies also appeared on the scene. A new Google system might soon be able to isolate a speech signal among a plethora of other voices and background sounds. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audicus.com\u002Fhearing-aids-and-ai\u002F\">This type of A.I. would be a huge leap forward for hearing technology\u003C\u002Fa> and allow those with hearing loss to hear someone speaking to them much more easily, no matter what the environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Further down the line, hearing aids might be able to connect to the world wide web without the need for a smartphone, and every manufacturer could \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.oticon.global\u002Fprofessionals\u002Fblog\u002F2018\u002Fthe-future-of-hearing-technology\">turn the medical device into a translation machine\u003C\u002Fa>. At that point, we could easily imagine that not only people with hearing loss but everyone would want a device like that\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Can you envisage the little bug in your ear helping you buy baklava in an Istanbul market or speak to the Korean sales representative of your company without the need for a human interpreter? Of course, you can! Besides, due to the constant aim of sustainability in resource use, companies developing hearing aids might come up with devices only using body heat or kinetic power generation in the future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F18-01-widex-evoke-man-adjusting-his-hearing-aids-in-cafenvironment-3-512x342.jpg\" alt=\"future of hearing\" class=\"wp-image-25067\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F18-01-widex-evoke-man-adjusting-his-hearing-aids-in-cafenvironment-3-512x342.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F18-01-widex-evoke-man-adjusting-his-hearing-aids-in-cafenvironment-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F18-01-widex-evoke-man-adjusting-his-hearing-aids-in-cafenvironment-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F18-01-widex-evoke-man-adjusting-his-hearing-aids-in-cafenvironment-3.jpg 1619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.audiologyonline.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The common denominator of jewelry and\nBotswana\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Another discernible trend when looking at hearing aids and cochlear implants fits into a more general tendency of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsymbiosis-of-design-and-healthcare\u002F\">creating healthcare devices with consideration for design\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003Cstrong>The objective of medical tools for personal use started to go beyond measuring health parameters and vital signs, offering accurate, as well as easy and patient-friendly measurements. Lately, they are also coupled with aesthetic appearance\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Elements of design thinking and UX have become an ever more organic part of product development – and that’s also visible when looking at hearables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The trend also allows getting rid of societal stigmas bound with medical devices. Millions of people \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rmit.edu.au\u002Fnews\u002Fall-news\u002F2018\u002Fmar\u002Fdesign-evolution-radically-new-hearing-aid\">don’t want to wear hearing aids because it’s connected to aging and is perceived as being more dependent while signaling that the body is letting one down\u003C\u002Fa>. However, it is totally different if someone is wearing a non-detectable, jewelry-like, beautiful piece of object. It gives you the confidence of hearing normally and being fashionable. For example, Julia Marian Cunha \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.yankodesign.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F07\u002Fsmashing-assistive-tech-stigma\u002F\">created a hearing aid, OH,\u003C\u002Fa> that is both a fashion accessory – making the wearer confident and stylish at the same time. And look at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Frevolutionary-healthcare-design-hearing-aid-inspired-crystals-fight-stigmas\u002F\">Australian team which unveiled Facett, a unique, patient-friendly and low-cost hearing aid inspired by crystals, last year\u003C\u002Fa>! \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Botswana-based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.deaftronics.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Deaftronics\u003C\u002Fa> attempts to tackle another aspect of how to make technology more accessible to people. It has manufactured the first solar-powered hearing aid unit, Solar Ear, in a country where there are only 12 audiologists and five audiology centers for a population of over two million\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Each Solar Ear unit includes a digital hearing aid, a solar battery charger, and four rechargeable batteries. The batteries can also be used in 80 percent of hearing aids currently present in the market. This invention reduces the number of visits patients are typically required to make to care centers in Africa, Brazil, China, India, or Singapore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002FSolar-Hearing-Aid-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"sustainability in healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-23994\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002FSolar-Hearing-Aid-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002FSolar-Hearing-Aid-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002FSolar-Hearing-Aid-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002FSolar-Hearing-Aid-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002FSolar-Hearing-Aid.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.quartz.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>And\nwhat to expect in the future? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Beyond smartphone apps, various add-ons turning phones into otoscopes, hearing aids and cochlear implants turning into design items while bestowing humans with superhuman capabilities, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcrispr\u002F\">genetics and CRISPR\u003C\u002Fa> could appear on the scene as a tool for changing the treatment of hearing impairment forever. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Lately, there has been \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2019-09-29\u002Ffuture-of-genetically-modified-babies-may-lie-in-putin-s-hands\">news about a Russian scientist\u003C\u002Fa>, who is working with a deaf couple who want him to prevent a planned child from inheriting their condition by neutralizing defective GJB2 genes during artificial insemination. While many scientists and bioethicists believe that it is way too soon to experiment on human embryos with the gene-editing method, \u003Cstrong>there might be a future, decades from now, when people won’t have any hearing problems, won’t need hearing aids or cochlear implants as their condition would have already been taken care of before birth\u003C\u002Fstrong>. What a bright future would that be! Don’t you think?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Have you always wanted a tiny device in your ear with which you can listen in to the conversation that’s difficult to catch due to background noise? Have you always dreamed about becoming the master of every language so you could get along anywhere on the globe? The latest innovations to hearing technology enable not only the improvement of perceiving sounds for the hearing impaired, but they have the potential to even turn humans into superheroes with superhuman capabilities in the far future. 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Read about the future of hearing!",{"self":138,"collection":144,"about":147,"author":150,"replies":153,"version-history":156,"predecessor-version":160,"wp:featuredmedia":164,"wp:attachment":167,"wp:term":170,"curies":186},[139],{"href":140,"targetHints":141},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F25063",{"allow":142},[143],"GET",[145],{"href":146},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[148],{"href":149},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[151],{"embeddable":26,"href":152},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[154],{"embeddable":26,"href":155},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=25063",[157],{"count":158,"href":159},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F25063\u002Frevisions",[161],{"id":162,"href":163},50291,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F25063\u002Frevisions\u002F50291",[165],{"embeddable":26,"href":166},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F25068",[168],{"href":169},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=25063",[171,174,177,180,183],{"taxonomy":172,"embeddable":26,"href":173},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=25063",{"taxonomy":175,"embeddable":26,"href":176},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=25063",{"taxonomy":178,"embeddable":26,"href":179},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=25063",{"taxonomy":181,"embeddable":26,"href":182},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=25063",{"taxonomy":184,"embeddable":26,"href":185},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=25063",[187],{"name":188,"href":189,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[191],{"id":130,"date":192,"date_gmt":193,"guid":194,"modified":196,"modified_gmt":197,"slug":198,"status":13,"type":14,"link":199,"title":200,"content":202,"excerpt":204,"author":23,"featured_media":206,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":207,"categories":208,"tags":210,"project_category":220,"contact_email_category":221,"yst_prominent_words":222,"class_list":231,"better_featured_image":243,"acf":270,"yoast_meta":280,"_links":283},"2019-04-30T19:50:53","2019-04-30T17:50:53",{"rendered":195},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=23749&_wpnonce=dfeedcf9a1&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-02-17T09:27:51","2023-02-17T08:27:51","artificial-intelligence-and-the-art-of-medicine","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-and-the-art-of-medicine",{"rendered":201},"The Real Era Of The Art Of Medicine Begins With Artificial Intelligence",{"rendered":203,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In spite of common fears and perceived dangers, artificial intelligence won’t take the jobs of physicians and won’t monopolize medicine. On the contrary: as A.I. will help automate administrative tasks and take over monotonous day-to-day assignments, it will free up time for medical professionals to finally fulfill the mission they signed up for: to help people on their journeys to health with compassion, creativity, and care. Moreover, rather than wiping it out, A.I. will, in fact, facilitate the art of medicine. Let us show it through the example of the AlphaGo documentary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Artificial intelligence and the talent of cats\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Experts\nhave already achieved marvelous results with artificial intelligence –\nsometimes even nearing the predicting skills of the finest cats\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F03\u002Fmagazine\u002Fthe-dying-algorithm.html\">The New York Times\u003C\u002Fa>, in its account of whether computers could sense\ndeath, recounted the story of a 2-year-old black-and-white cat named Oscar reigning\nover one floor of the Steere House nursing home in Rhode Island, who was\napparently better than most doctors at predicting when a terminally ill patient\nwas about to die. Since then, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-ai-algorithms-healthcare\">Researchers at Stanford\nUniversity trained an A.I. system\u003C\u002Fa> to increase the number of inpatients who\nreceive end-of-life-care exactly when needed – meaning the smart algorithm is\nable to predict when very seriously ill patients are nearing the end of their\nlives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, that’s just one sign pointing towards the phenomenon that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-will-redesign-healthcare\u002F\">\u003Cstrong>A.I. will completely move the world of medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong>. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftowardsdatascience.com\u002Fwhy-ai-will-not-replace-radiologists-c7736f2c7d80\">\u003Cstrong>Hugh Harvey, radiologist, and clinical academic estimates\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong> that in 10 years using A.I. will be routine in NHS practice. Anna Fernandez, Health Informatics\u002FPrecision Medicine Lead at Booz Allen Hamilton told The Medical Futurist in 2017 that within three years, we would have many machine learning algorithms in active clinical pilot testing and approved use in the US\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002Fradiologist_001-512x288.png\" alt=\"art of medicine\" class=\"wp-image-23750\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002Fradiologist_001-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002Fradiologist_001-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002Fradiologist_001-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002Fradiologist_001-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002Fradiologist_001-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Could the art of medicine be threatened?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-ai-algorithms-healthcare\">smart algorithms increasingly become better\u003C\u002Fa>, many physicians are intimidated by their potential. Numerous experts voiced fears about A.I. taking their jobs and destroying the profession. They say the art of medicine, the creative process of understanding the uniqueness of each and every patient and tailoring treatments according to the arisen needs, as well as the highly value-added method of processing inputting information, finding the right response and treating patients accordingly, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kevinmd.com\u002Fblog\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fwill-technology-destroy-art-medicine.html\">might disappear due to new technologies\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I’m completely sure that A.I. will transform the sense of what it means to be a doctor: some tasks will disappear, while others will be added to the work routine. However, \u003Cstrong>there will never be a situation where the embodiment of automation, either a robot or an algorithm will take the place of a doctor. Also, there is no reason to believe that A.I. would turn the very core of medicine, the art of healing, into a machine-like clockwork\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003Cstrong>Quite on the contrary.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Let me show you the example of a documentary, AlphaGo, to prove to you that the art of medicine is not going to vanish, in fact, it’s only getting started. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F065_compassionate_care_v2-512x288.png\" alt=\"art of medicine\" class=\"wp-image-23751\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F065_compassionate_care_v2-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F065_compassionate_care_v2-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F065_compassionate_care_v2-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F065_compassionate_care_v2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F065_compassionate_care_v2-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>More\npotential configurations than atoms in the universe\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Chinese game, Go, is one\nof the most complex and elegant games ever invented. That’s why I never\nunderstood why \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scientificamerican.com\u002Farticle\u002F20-years-after-deep-blue-how-ai-has-advanced-since-conquering-chess\u002F\">computer scientists had for decades viewed chess as a\nmeter stick for artificial intelligence\u003C\u002Fa>. Unlike chess, where at any given moment in the game,\nthe number of moves approximates thirty, on the 19×19-sized Go board, players\ncan have around 200 potential moves. And the number of possible configurations\non the board is more than the number of atoms in the universe. So if \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fibm-watson-is-the-stethoscope-of-the-21st-century\">the victory of IBM’s Deep Blue over Garry Kasparov in\n1997\u003C\u002Fa> was huge, then \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002F2016\u002F03\u002Ftwo-moves-alphago-lee-sedol-redefined-future\u002F\">a win from Google Deepmind’s AlphaGo over the 18-times\nGo World Champion, Lee Sedol\u003C\u002Fa> would\nbe gigantic, colossal, massive, monumental, gargantuan? I’m searching for the\nright word, really, but it’s just beyond expression. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That is because \u003Cstrong>Go requires more than computational power. It needs creativity and intuition, human skills that, many believe, are beyond current artificial intelligence technology. So, let’s set the stage: we are in the year of 2016, and Lee Sedol prepares to sit down for the first time against AlphaGo. Almost 80 million people gather around their TV screens to watch the match. The odds were against AlphaGo – everyone expected an easy win from Sedol. But the bookmaker’s shops lost tremendously. As the machine beat him, the world champion was visibly shaken. How did it happen?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FLee-Sedol-versus-AlphaGo-512x334.jpg\" alt=\"art of medicine\" class=\"wp-image-23752\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FLee-Sedol-versus-AlphaGo-512x334.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FLee-Sedol-versus-AlphaGo-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FLee-Sedol-versus-AlphaGo-1536x1002.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FLee-Sedol-versus-AlphaGo.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.theglobeandmail.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The secret is reinforcement learning and neural networks\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The key to success was in the way AlphaGo was trained to play the game. The machine that beat Kasparov learned everything from how humans play chess. Deep Blue had \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scientificamerican.com\u002Farticle\u002F20-years-after-deep-blue-how-ai-has-advanced-since-conquering-chess\u002F\">general-purpose supercomputer processors combined with chess accelerator chips\u003C\u002Fa>. A software programme ran on the supercomputer to carry out part of a chess computation and then hand off the more complex parts of a move to the accelerator, which would then calculate possible moves and outcomes based on a pre-determined set of databases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, AlphaGo\nuses something of a combination of neural networks and the method of reinforcement\nlearning. \u003Cstrong>In a nutshell, the latter\nmeans that developers don’t tell the algorithm how to play the game. Instead,\nthey describe the rules of the game and let the algorithm play millions of games\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.reddit.com\u002Fr\u002FMachineLearning\u002Fcomments\u002F4a7lc4\u002Falphago_vs_deep_blue\u002F\">against itself\u003C\u002Fa>. Later, they\ntell the algorithm which outcomes were the desired ones (the matches it could\nwin), and let the program find its own strategy and rules of how to achieve\nthose outcomes. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It simply means that the\ncognitive limitations of people (in this case, the developers) are not\nprogrammed into the algorithm. This way, it might find brand new ways of\nplaying the game even though it has been played by millions of people for\nthousands of years. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Over the long course of its evolution, humanity has accrued beliefs and\nmechanisms by which it views and understands its surroundings. Artificial\nintelligence will not be “burdened” by these preconceptions\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Humans could discover that when they watched AlphaGo\nplay. It was able to surprise everyone with a move that nobody else thought of.\nThat’s because the advantage of reinforcement learning is that the cognitive\nlimitation or the learning curves of humans are not built into its algorithm.\nSo it didn’t inherit the boundaries and flaws of human intelligence. It was\nfree to find new and exciting ways to beat the game, things we wouldn’t even\nthink of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sedol and AlphaGo played four more times against each other and AlphaGo won three of those. And for example, in game two, AlphaGo made moves that left experts wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Champion-Lee-Sedol-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"art of medicine\" class=\"wp-image-23753\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Champion-Lee-Sedol-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Champion-Lee-Sedol-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Champion-Lee-Sedol-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Champion-Lee-Sedol-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Champion-Lee-Sedol.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Ahn Young-joon\u002FAP\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Take away the potential\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How did Lee Sedol, the beaten champion react after the groundbreaking match? At first, he was deeply disappointed and felt embarrassed. Just imagine how it must have been; his ego was shattered, his whole existence as an undisputed champion came into question. He had to play Go like it was his first time, he faced moves no human opponents would’ve played. And most importantly, he felt like he was representing all humans in a losing battle against something otherworldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, by the fifth game they played together something happened. It was visible that Sedol had a newfound understanding of what AlphaGo is and who it is. \u003Cstrong>The world champion started to analyze the new ways AlphaGo found to play this inventive and endlessly creative game. And by doing that he became a much better player. He basically stood on the shoulder of technology in order to develop. And that’s exactly how the medical community should look at the digital health revolution as a whole\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Board-512x287.jpg\" alt=\"art of medicine\" class=\"wp-image-23754\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Board-512x287.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Board-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Board-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Board-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FGo-Board-2048x1149.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.ideatovalue.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The physicians’ guide to the galaxy\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the next years, artificial\nintelligence will find new drugs, new treatments, and therapies through\nmatching combinations that human physicians, pharma companies or medical\ninnovators would never think of. As it won’t be limited by the traditional\npathways and thought patterns used for centuries in medicine, artificial\nintelligence may come up with entirely new solutions – without telling humans\nhow it figured these out. Similarly to the supercomputer in \u003Cem>Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The\nGalaxy\u003C\u002Fem>, where the answer to life, to the universe and everything else is\n42, smart algorithms might just spit out answers to questions without\nexplanation. \u003Cstrong>The real art of medicine\nwill thus be the undertaking to figure out the logical path of how the A.I.\narrived at a certain solution. That will definitely need the high levels of\ncreativity, problem-solving and cognitive skills that the medical community\npossesses.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus, we are sure that A.I. is not going to replace us; it’s going to be \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fibm-watson-is-the-stethoscope-of-the-21st-century\">the stethoscope of the 21st century\u003C\u002Fa>. Digital health will give us more health data than ever before, and A.I will help us analyse it to find new ways to treat diseases, to cut down on administrative tasks, to streamline medical practices, to optimize both physicians’ and patients’ schedules. However, we should never forget that they are going to be tools in the hands of physicians – and not the other way around. Compassionate care, empathy, creativity, problem-solving and profound human connection will never cease to be the terrain of physicians, moreover, it will be enhanced by artificial intelligence. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>As we said before, if we embrace these tools, the real art of medicine begins with the era of artificial intelligence.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":205,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>In spite of common fears and perceived dangers, artificial intelligence won’t take the jobs of physicians and won’t monopolize medicine. 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