Engineer AI To Tackle A Pandemic In Future

The Coronavirus Pandemic has charged up the world of Artificial Intelligence, three months into its arrival. People have begun to engineer AI machines that are superior to anything the ever presented to us in the years leading up to it. With social distancing on the rise, critical customer service and healthcare contact-positions are left astray. The answer maybe lies within the realm of Machine Learning.

Speculations that an Artificial Intelligence will usher in mass extinction has been chronicled in science fiction incessantly – but can we engineer AI to bring us out of one? This evil vs. good dichotomy exists in the time of the coronavirus as well. Companies, like Nanox, are on the verge of building technology to develop X-ray machines that will help supply tomographic images of lungs, through a top down perspective. This technology is poised to be installed in public places, like airports, train stations, seaports, etc. Companies like Nanox have been able to Engineer AI technology that has drawn investments from major investment firms, to a tune of $26 million USD. China, the epicenter of this outbreak, has already employed robots in hospitals to alleviate the workload off an already overworked medical staff. They have managed to engineer AI navigators and paramedics, which reach patients in Guangzhou in record speeds. Steps like these have been taken all across major Chinese destinations to help with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

The Coronavirus Pandemic is not one to take lightly. Things might get worse before they get any better. The way we Engineer AI right now, will dictate the path of recovery to be taken in the near future. With a great emphasis on social distancing, Artificial Intelligence seems to be the way ahead for now.