van Teijlingen Alexander, Tuttle Tell, Bouchachia Hamid, Sathian Brijesh, van Teijlingen Edwin
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
Department of Computing & Informatics, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
Nepal J Epidemiol. 2020 Sep 30;10(3):915-918. doi: 10.3126/nje.v10i3.31649. eCollection 2020 Sep.
The growth in information technology and computer capacity has opened up opportunities to deal with much and much larger data sets than even a decade ago. There has been a technological revolution of big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Perhaps many readers would immediately think about robotic surgery or self-driving cars, but there is much more to AI. This Short Communication starts with an overview of the key terms, including AI, machine learning, deep learning and Big Data. This Short Communication highlights so developments of AI in health that could benefit a low-income country like Nepal and stresses the need for Nepal's health and education systems to track such developments and apply them locally. Moreover, Nepal needs to start growing its own AI expertise to help develop national or South Asian solutions. This would require investing in local resources such as access to computer power/capacity as well as training young Nepali to work in AI.
与十年前相比,信息技术和计算机处理能力的增长为处理规模越来越大的数据集创造了机会。大数据和人工智能(AI)引发了一场技术革命。或许许多读者会立刻想到机器人手术或自动驾驶汽车,但人工智能的应用远不止于此。本短文首先概述一些关键术语,包括人工智能、机器学习、深度学习和大数据。本短文着重介绍人工智能在医疗领域的一些发展,这些发展可能会使尼泊尔这样的低收入国家受益,并强调尼泊尔的卫生和教育系统有必要追踪这些发展并在当地加以应用。此外,尼泊尔需要开始培养自己的人工智能专业人才,以帮助开发适用于本国或南亚地区的解决方案。这将需要对本地资源进行投资,例如提供计算机处理能力,以及培训年轻的尼泊尔人从事人工智能方面的工作。