AI can do a lot but not everything
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 3:23 am
New publication series "Science over Fiction" shows opportunities and limits of artificial intelligence
First episode on the detection of epileptic seizures using machine learning
Artificial intelligence is a key technology that will fundamentally change the economy and society. In the public debate, however, AI is often also attributed possibilities that lie far beyond what is technologically achievable in the foreseeable future. With a new publication series "AI: Science over Fiction", the digital association Bitkom wants to contribute to objectifying the debate and use selected examples to show what benefits AI can provide and where its limits lie.
"The ideas of artificial intelligence are often shaped by science fiction novels australia gambling data and films. This creates fear of an omnipotent artificial intelligence, and fear is always a bad advisor," says Bitkom President Achim Berg. "The aim of Bitkom's new publication series is to sharpen the view of AI and to focus on real application scenarios rather than imaginative utopias. Today, AI primarily opens up new possibilities for the automation of clearly defined tasks; in many other areas, AI is still in its infancy."
The first fact sheet in the "AI: Science over Fiction" series describes how AI can be used to detect epileptic seizures. This is important because epilepsy patients should carefully document their seizures so that the right medication can be selected and the dosage adjusted.
However, experience has shown that this is not done sufficiently, especially in the case of night-time seizures, so automated detection and documentation of seizures can significantly improve the quality of life of patients and also prevent accidents and even deaths. Pinar Bisgin from the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST) describes the difficulties of detecting seizures using measurement data - especially blood pressure - and shows how machine learning has made this possible for each individual patient.
At the same time, it is explained that the algorithm developed in this way can only reliably detect a certain type of seizure, the so-called generalized seizures, and this is where this AI finds its limits.
The fact sheet "Detecting epileptic seizures with AI" is available for free download. Further fact sheets will be published at regular intervals in the "AI: Science over Fiction" series. They will cover areas of AI application such as damage forecasting in insurance companies, speech analysis in the healthcare industry and lawn care.
First episode on the detection of epileptic seizures using machine learning
Artificial intelligence is a key technology that will fundamentally change the economy and society. In the public debate, however, AI is often also attributed possibilities that lie far beyond what is technologically achievable in the foreseeable future. With a new publication series "AI: Science over Fiction", the digital association Bitkom wants to contribute to objectifying the debate and use selected examples to show what benefits AI can provide and where its limits lie.
"The ideas of artificial intelligence are often shaped by science fiction novels australia gambling data and films. This creates fear of an omnipotent artificial intelligence, and fear is always a bad advisor," says Bitkom President Achim Berg. "The aim of Bitkom's new publication series is to sharpen the view of AI and to focus on real application scenarios rather than imaginative utopias. Today, AI primarily opens up new possibilities for the automation of clearly defined tasks; in many other areas, AI is still in its infancy."
The first fact sheet in the "AI: Science over Fiction" series describes how AI can be used to detect epileptic seizures. This is important because epilepsy patients should carefully document their seizures so that the right medication can be selected and the dosage adjusted.
However, experience has shown that this is not done sufficiently, especially in the case of night-time seizures, so automated detection and documentation of seizures can significantly improve the quality of life of patients and also prevent accidents and even deaths. Pinar Bisgin from the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST) describes the difficulties of detecting seizures using measurement data - especially blood pressure - and shows how machine learning has made this possible for each individual patient.
At the same time, it is explained that the algorithm developed in this way can only reliably detect a certain type of seizure, the so-called generalized seizures, and this is where this AI finds its limits.
The fact sheet "Detecting epileptic seizures with AI" is available for free download. Further fact sheets will be published at regular intervals in the "AI: Science over Fiction" series. They will cover areas of AI application such as damage forecasting in insurance companies, speech analysis in the healthcare industry and lawn care.