Physical Requirements of Artificial Intelligence
December 1, 2022
GEOFFREY HINTON
January 1, 2023

1977-1981

In 1978 Sholom presented a computer-aid medical model system, CASNET, and in 1980 the 1st Annual National Conference on Artificial Intelligence...

1978: Sholom M. Weiss et al. presented a computer-aid medical model program that helped with medical decision-making. It was based on casual association network (CASNET) models of disease that consist of three components: observing the patient (including tests, symptoms, and signs), pathophysiological states, and disease classifications. Consequently, these models collect the information and summarize the mechanism of the disease.(1)

The CASNET model was designed to describe pathophysiological processes of diseases such as thyroid dysfunctions, diabetes, hypertension, and glaucoma. The latter was deeply studied and implemented in clinical testing. Although this new system was developed to design patterns for disease classification in an interactive way, the purpose is to allow the physician to interact with the system that covers multiple probabilities of diagnosis and treatment possibilities.(2)

1978: Sholom M. Weiss et al. presented a computer-aid medical model program that helped with medical decision-making. It was based on casual association network (CASNET) models of disease that consist of three components: observing the patient (including tests, symptoms, and signs), pathophysiological states, and disease classifications. Consequently, these models collect the information and summarize the mechanism of the disease.(1) 

The CASNET model was designed to describe pathophysiological processes of diseases such as thyroid dysfunctions, diabetes, hypertension, and glaucoma. The latter was deeply studied and implemented in clinical testing. Although this new system was developed to design patterns for disease classification in an interactive way, the purpose is to allow the physician to interact with the system that covers multiple probabilities of diagnosis and treatment possibilities.(2)

1980: The 1st Annual National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) was held on August 18–21 in Stanford, California. The conference provided a forum for information exchange and interaction among researchers from all disciplines of AI. Contributions include experimental, theoretical, and empirical results. Furthermore, a special subgroup on medical applications was created for the first time in AI history.

One of the medical abstracts presented was: “Human Movement Understanding: A Variety of Perspectives.” written by Norman I. Badler, Joseph O’Rourke, Stephen Platt, and Mary Ann Morris from the University of Pennsylvania. This event marked the beginning of a new era of research and publications of Artificial Intelligence in the medical field.(3,4)

1980: The 1st Annual National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) was held on August 18–21 in Stanford, California. The conference provided a forum for information exchange and interaction among researchers from all disciplines of AI.

Contributions include experimental, theoretical, and empirical results. Furthermore, a special subgroup on medical applications was created for the first time in AI history.

One of the medical abstracts presented was: “Human Movement Understanding: A Variety of Perspectives.” written by Norman I. Badler, Joseph O’Rourke, Stephen Platt, and Mary Ann Morris from the University of Pennsylvania. This event marked the beginning of a new era of research and publications of Artificial Intelligence in the medical field.(3,4)

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