Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Physiology
Across multiple biological systems in human physiology, AI can integrate with traditional diagnostic tests in medicine, and AI can sometimes determine additional findings missed by traditional diagnostic tests.
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is threatening to pervade all domains and Physiology or Medicine is no exception. There are two ways that we can look at it: (i) AI applications being used to understand and modify physiological functions, and (ii) Understanding (neuro)physiology well to apply the principles for improving algorithms that power AI applications. Across multiple biological systems in human physiology, AI can integrate with traditional diagnostic tests in medicine, and AI can sometimes determine additional findings missed by traditional diagnostic tests. Many intelligent healthcare systems are now being used for automated and real-time patient monitoring. The obvious question is whether automated AI applications will replace human physiologists or not. The answer is that physiologists using AI will replace physiologists not using AI, since computer plus brain is greater than either alone. Also, we need to be concerned about the ethical issues related to the use of AI in physiology and medicine.