Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

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Depression is today one of the greatest challenges for global public health. It affects hundreds of millions of people and yet remains underdiagnosed. This is not due to a lack of medical consultations, but to something more complex: the signs of depression are not always expressed directly. They often hide in the tone of voice, in the pauses, in the emotional energy of language. And it is precisely there where artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to change the rules of the game

This is how it all started…

Artificial intelligence (AI) began as a field of study at the Dartmouth conference in 1956, where a group of scientists, including John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, and Herbert A. Simon, proposed that “every aspect of learning or any other characteristic of intelligence can, in principle, be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.” This meeting was instrumental in establishing the foundations and goals of AI, defining the field as an academic discipline and laying the groundwork for decades of research. Since then, AI has evolved from simple theories and models to complex systems capable of performing tasks that, until recently, were considered exclusive to the human intellect.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the fields of medicine, surgery, and biomedical sciences in extraordinary and diverse ways. In medicine, AI systems are improving diagnosis and personalizing treatment by analyzing large volumes of medical data and complex patterns beyond human capabilities, enabling more precise and efficient medicine. In surgery, AI-assisted robots are enabling more accurate, less invasive procedures with faster recovery times. Additionally, in biomedical sciences, AI is accelerating the research and development of new drugs by modeling biochemical simulations and predicting compound efficacy with unprecedented speed and accuracy. This impact of AI is not only transforming clinical and surgical methods, but also improving patient outcomes and optimizing resources in healthcare systems around the world.

Dr. Marco Benavides

Medicine & Surgery

Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua