Some healthcare professionals might view artificial intelligence as a job-killer, but advanced machine learning may actually create more employment opportunities in the industry than it eliminates, according to a new report by Gartner.
By 2020, AI will result in 1.8 million job losses, but will also be responsible for opening up 2.3 million new positions related to analytics, management, or augmented decision-making. The healthcare industry is likely to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the job-creation curve, says Gartner.
"Many significant innovations in the past have been associated with a transition period of temporary job loss, followed by recovery, then business transformation and AI will likely follow this route," said Svetlana Sicular, research vice president at Gartner.
"Unfortunately, most calamitous warnings of job losses confuse AI with automation -- that overshadows the greatest AI benefit -- AI augmentation -- a combination of human and artificial intelligence, where both complement each other."
Healthcare is particularly suited to using AI as an augmentation tool. Big data analytics leaders have used the term numerous times to describe the eventual marriage of human clinical decision-making and machine-driven insights.
Source: Health IT Anlytics (View full article)
Posted by Dan Corcoran on December 15, 2017 06:23 AM
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