Despite the latest reports claiming the development of artificial intelligence (AI) could end humanity within decades, it recently proved its use in cancer diagnosis. University of California Los Angeles researchers found a new method of detecting cancer cells faster and more accurately without destroying them.
Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Diagnosis
In the study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, scientists at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA revealed they've developed a new device that combines a special microscope with an artificial intelligence algorithm. This innovation aimed to identify cancer non-destructively, Popular Science notes.
Moreover, the new artificial intelligence technique can also be an asset of precision medicine since it can detect cancer cells more quickly and efficiently. According to Genetic Literacy Project, the microscope known as a photonic time stretch microscope uses specially designed nanosecond-long light pulsations that are broken into lines to capture images of hundreds of thousands of cells per second.
"The photonic time stretch technique allows us to identify rogue cells in a short time with low-level illumination," UCLA doctoral student Claire Lifan Chen said, as per UCLA Newsroom. Chen, along with Northrop-Grumman Optoelectronics Chair in electrical engineering professor Bahram Jalali and UCLA postdoctoral fellow Ata Mahjoubfar, led the new study.
The said images that are detected and digitized at a rate of 36 million images per second are then fed into a deep learning computer program that categorizes 16 of the cells' different physical features. These include cell features like its diameter, circularity and the amount of light it absorbs, as well to distinguish cancer cells from healthy white blood cells.
"Each frame is slowed down in time and optically amplified so it can be digitized," Mahjoubfar said. "This lets us perform fast cell imaging that the artificial intelligence component can distinguish."
In addition, the deep learning program is reportedly in the form of artificial intelligence. It uses complex algorithms to extract meaning from data with the goal of achieving accurate decision making.
Artificial Intelligence Could End Humanity
Meanwhile, the latest artificial intelligence-driven innovation came after a leading scientist involved in the development of AI warned that it could rise up against humans. The scientist also added that artificial intelligence could destroy humanity within decades, Daily Express reports.
Cambridge' Microsoft Research expert Chris Bishop, business magnate Elon Musk and Professor Stephen Hawking have all expressed their concerns about the threat of artificial intelligence to humanity. However, they also stressed that if managed correctly, the use of artificial intelligence could also bring several societal benefits.
"I think we should be very careful about Artificial Intelligence," Musk said. "If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that. So we need to be very careful."
Artificial Intelligence Could Predict Cyber Attacks
In other related news, artificial intelligence could reportedly help in predicting cyber-attacks. As per CBS News, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and machine-learning startup PatternEx researchers developed an artificial intelligence platform called AI2 that can predict cyber-attacks 85 percent of the time, but with the help of a human analyst.
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