What if AI Means More Jobs, Not Fewer?

More, and Healthier, People

Finally, there’s the simple fact that, by processing vast amounts of data at incredible speeds, AI will improve human health and longevity in breathtaking ways. R Street’s Adam Thierer sets the stage:

No matter how it is quantified, it is clear that medical and health-related information is exploding. The only way to take full advantage of this growing body of knowledge is with the power of [AI and machine learning], specifically with machine-reading technologies that can more quickly sift through immense datasets to find meaningful signals in the noise. As the National Cancer Institute summarized, “[W]hat scientists are most excited about is the potential for AI to go beyond what humans can currently do themselves. AI can ‘see’ things that we humans can’t, and can find complex patterns and relationships between very different kinds of data.”