The Telegraph My details My newsletters Logout Upgrade to Premium My details My newsletters Logout The Telegraph Instant diagnosis by smartphone: how artificial intelligence can save lives Brought to you by Tata Communcations possibilities: artificial intelligence has the power to save lives 8 August 2016 • 11:45am Oliver Pickup Drones that pick inaccessible crops and mobile phones that give medical advice are two of the ways AI can transform life in the developing world.
 Artificial intelligence (AI) will be a “game changer” in improving the lives of the world’s poor, according to the New York-based technology entrepreneur Jack Hidary.
 He says the technology needed to revolutionise inefficient, ineffective food and healthcare systems in developing countries is well within grasp.
 “In low-income areas, agriculture and healthcare are two critical ecosystems that we can apply AI to immediately; this is not the far future, or even in five years – we can start this year,” said Mr Hidary, moderator and session leader of Tata Communications’ recent 2016 CEO Summit, with the theme “Artificial intelligence meets emotional intelligence”.
 "Soon we could expect instant medical advice and prescriptions from 'smartphone laboratories'" “AI will be a game changer, and benefit billions.
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