this is useless. hey sir. i do. you know this? i know we are not afraid to happen. delicate topic africans population is growing fast. and young people clearly have the solution that future loans for you is 77 percent every weekend on d w when current medical science has run out of options and doctors don't know where to turn, artificial intelligence might be able to help, particularly when it comes to extreme cases, it gives me hope medic, so getting more and more assistance from computer technology these days. we're not

talking about any kind of super powers but valuable tools. we wanted an owner or we don't want to get rid of specialist eye doctor is wanting. we want to empower them . we want to give them better equipment and make them better ophthalmologist, who can treat patients more effectively. they see artificial intelligence as a big opportunity. one that can take medicine into completely new dimensions. but some fear, a i as the collapse of 50, i can completely understand that i applications can make people wary. so what does artificial intelligence mean for medicine? how can it help to improve people's lives? mean cornelia nixa hasn't been living in this

small apartment in northern berlin for long the 63 year old had never imagined that she would move home again until fight sent her family's life upside down. her daughter and it's a suffered a stroke shortly after the birth of her 2nd child. since then, she's been unable to move or communicate. the name of her condition is locked in syndrome. it has changed everything. until here you can see how pretty my daughter is, is that she was pregnant. there he can tell her daughter needs round the clock care. her son in law and grand children are on their own. karnilia nits is trying to do what she can to support the young family. it's been 2 years now since that fateful day. she had gone no longer. she suffered brain hemorrhaging hole,

and a stroke indian went out and the someone from the neighbourhood said that they must have spent about half an hour resuscitating her in the ambulance and con global canal. in it, sir, it's only left with memories. her daughter, a psychology graduate, was a happy, fun, loving person. now her family can only guess what she's feeling. the kind she can't heart. if she moves like this, you can tell something isn't right, less but you are helpless. so i will, you can't do anything really him and can irish smile several times a week, cornelia. and it's a helps her son in law with the household and with the children. so they at least get a bit of normality. and kinda like the children are suffering because they are without a mother. the girl is growing up without a mom. oh, the couple had just built their own home. when anna had a stroke, her husband nickel and the keeper of was suddenly left to deal with everything on his own. well yeah, koya. alice, everything's open. ah, ah,

hello. hi there, i'm here now. it's finished. um, one of the 37 year old i t specialist often works from home. after his wife's stroke. he tried to care for her time, but it was too much for him and the children now days and a need so lives in a care hun. her condition and then the separation from her has placed a great strain on them. ccr owns as the 1st year was very difficult m m. in the meantime, we've come to terms with it to some extent and that i think it must number 4 and we've got a routine set now for a city to we visit her once or twice a week together on as well. i mild, ward it's i my local but in the care home to communication remains the biggest

problem. yeah, i visited on on wednesday. mm. that was she was quite at 1st, but then she started crying. i think she still has verses pain. she was, it was on her family and nursing care personnel can only guess how and anita is feeling recognizing the needs of locked in syndrome sufferers and looking after them. 247 is a strenuous business of facility media. and with you, i've tried to work out a cold with her langers blends in that a slow blank stands for yes. and to blanks for know, as the wrist is from when you can, you can call that proper communication is my, my biggest wish would be that this were somehow possible. again, legally sh, go with the families, hopes arresting on research being carried out at berlin, shower tay, hospital, niccolini. kiefer of contacted scientists, they a few weeks ago colorado than, than she'd been off to see do when i came across a video by the professor 1000. that ex, i think it was

a tax talk where he showed what progress was being made in the treatment of stroke patients in but so golf luck, my biggest goal would be re establishing some form of communication as the intent exam coming. got students vague. ah, the date of the income making this train come true is what professor solias could are hopes to achieve with his research. the neurotechnology specialist is working on solutions to could help patients like an init said to communicate again using artificial intelligence and the communication between brain and computer. to put it simply the human thinks and the computer acts. i feel as if there was, it's my goal to improve conditions. so as many people as possible can benefit from this technology and see the quality of life improve. and i won't let the set back slow me down of an upcoming neurotechnology, which connects our nervous system with computers. ames to help people like and,

and it's a, have a new life at berlin chart, a hospital. they have already been successful tests with patients who are partly paralyzed. guido shultz, i used to work as a painter. 2 years ago he was diagnosed with a brain tumor during an operation, a blood vessel burst in his brain. since then, he's been paralyzed on his left side. as of the 20 honey, i can't actively open or close my hand thick. so good on this. i also can't even do it in my thoughts with him or the thought awesome. when we are healthy, we don't give it a 2nd thought and you don't, we just make a movement. and now i really have to try to do something and it's not easy. and scanning is all today, guido should say is testing whether he might be able to use his hand better by using a so called hand exoskeleton. the wearable technology is controlled by his thoughts

yuki to sound as ya and asking, why are you doing this? so we can reorganize the brain and this reorganization should have a favourable effect on restoring function if he darted over from till the organs reorganized. it sounds as if everything here is jumbled up and we'll have to be sorted again. was it only or not yet? the idea is that uninjured parts of the brain will take over the functions of the affected areas together with the exoskeleton. guido is given a cap that can read his electrical brain signals. when the patient thinks about moving his hand, the computer recognizes that impulse and saves it, comparing it with the signals that his brain emits when he's not actively thinking . the computer is only able to learn because of the information that was taught to it by human programmers. they have fitted with algorithms and commands that help it

increasingly better understand when guido short so wants to move his hand like right now. the program understands what to do for it. the bible is now bernoulli in my hand. with a good come i the i to the emergency has a healthy person. you can't imagine it, but it's crazy. you want to close your hand and it just happens us a bit spooky. that is, this is mike. something from science fiction science fiction. the process talk is still being tested machine that can read your thoughts. that sounds frightening and is the source of much public debate. many people are critical of artificial intelligence. these are fundamental against me. in my opinion, this form of intelligence cannot be compared with human intelligence. we're talking

about computers that have been programmed to follow certain rules. if we raise awareness about how these systems actually function, it will become clear to everyone that they are not intelligent at all. they don't possess intelligence in the way we humans do until again, some the dimension professor could, i would like his research to help people in extremely difficult situations such as an a nits are trapped in her own body or kito shelter, who is paralyzed on one side as a, as an annuity tourist user, the exoskeleton has stimulated my hand mill. so that gives me hope that it might improve little force. i can imagine that if you train it over a longer period of time that it will return to life knowingly. so that's what we hope for right, that it will get back to normal. well, with virtual heat over stop signal, middle lou

here on the outskirts of the austrian capital, is where oscar slammer land gates with his wife. hi de marie, the retiree suffers from h related macular degeneration, or am date of it can lead to a severe loss of vision. physically, my very sort of idea. also, resna, finished fluid is collecting in his eyes and is slowly destroying his eye sight. now this sounds good, the worst case scenario doesn't bear thinking about, like elegant leasing them. it would mean that i would have to fundamentally change my life. i recently hadn't done completely understood, understood. mm hm. oh, oscar shamela has gone glasses since he was a child. but one day, all of a sudden his vision started to deteriorate and 3 on 3 years ago,

i really started to notice that my eyesight was failing office. he did an am sla green test. that isn't this man. this test involves taking a piece of paper with a grid and ok, so, and covering one eye at a time. and for the you look at it and see whether all the lines are running parallel ups or whether they look wavy from, ah, them's isn't, does it say a wavy? it's a clear sign that something is wrong. put him in the problem is that if it isn't treated quickly, it can lead to a loss of vision and that is awful, not the upper sixty's. what's awful about the disease is that many patients suffer an extreme loss of vision. even if they do get treatment, oscar sama hopes to avoid that by going for regular checkups at vienna. general hospital. ah,

and patients like oscar slam allow regularly get a drug injected directly into their eyes. but it's unpleasant and doesn't work well for every one line. thus saith imprint that was good. how many injections as a patient already had the hot in the cities already had 12, children who are using magnification, the doctor can get only a rough idea of any changes to the retina. but it's hard to tell how far the disease has progressed from these white areas which makes treatment difficult. and it's hard to know what dosage would be required when merced as a hair in every one to carry out as many of these injections as necessary. but as few as possible, each injection into the eye hurts and carries the risk of infection to come in. the medication is also expensive from the sick fits in. it contains small specially

produced quantities of anti bodies. and patients get these injections for the rest of their life versus that it's important that we do that as economically as possible. mock it often costs a $1000.00 euros per injection. that's why the doctor's in vienna want to take a closer look at. osgood slammed his eyes. an imaging procedure is used to give a cross section view of the eye and retina. it let's, the doctor's better assess the extent of the disease. gussie had a rental is raised there. he's in, it's a retina, is very sensitive to see it consist purely of nerve cells which should not be interfered with. and isn't far in this case, fluid is gathering under the retina, which is lifting it up a paper. but the procedure doesn't reveal exactly how much fluid has gathered there . so professor schmidt effort decided to design a program that could do just that. it was fed with the data of many other patients

with the same condition. and it can tell exactly how much fluid pools under the retina in blue here. the program allows, osgood slammed his treatment to be talent. busy that this is gung, knowing how this treatment works has given me a whole different perspective on things. personally, i feel much more reassured, gave miss finish. so could better plan to take a seat. hoards a messenger from city. we've measured 45 nanometers us is. that's roughly what it was last time, so we won't have to treat you today. the size here, mr. ben, this is brandon. hey, thank you. thanks for the informational. this is lindsey, it's good to know these possibilities are now available, is included in it gives the effect unequal. central con, it's a big vision for the future. the owners, on this, on this eye exam only takes fractions of a 2nd time at all. what didn't,

it's not invasive is reasonably priced and can be performed anywhere and assessed with the health of artificial intelligence again. so i was given to me and it can replace many other invasive procedures with women as 8. so i, i can potentially make diagnostic detective work easier, keep medical costs down, and most importantly, reduce human suffering. in berlin. an it's a has come to spend 2 hours at home with her family professors so could as team has come to try out a new communication system with them. oh, wow. by stock min owned dinosaurs. i mean,

since his stroke and it's a has been suffering from blocked in syndrome. she can't move her body. but she is fully conscious and can hear everything yet. she cannot communicate, you know, with the doctor wants to change that with the help of a i must via eyes the wish. this, what we would like to achieve is to create an interface which is based on bodily signals that are very easy to control systems and whether the aim is that and in it . so will be able to learn how to communicate using eye movements. but the young woman's condition is different day to day. sometimes she's just not up to it going on like that. uh huh. and i was on uh, are you in pain again? i said, oh, i don't know whether to touch her or not. oh. see who's my se? well, she's crying maybe she's in pain. but we don't really know lest madsen,

our business at it quickly becomes apparent that and in it's a won't managed to take part in the test to day. but the family to needs to learn, the system said that they will be able to work with anna independently. it's the 1st step on a long journey. but they, it's using this were there. and what we're seeing now is the simplest form of test, with which we can try to restore communication in locked in syndrome with blinking or eye movements only the well. the principle is that the computer learns sit in eye movements and carries out commands associated with them. for example, turning a light on or off. when comes in, look, it's now turns off and then on. it's on. and, but it's not as simple as it looks to work. you have to be able to move your eyes both vertically and horizontally. and init sir can only do that now and again. and

it takes a lot of effort. but the system nevertheless offers the 1st glimmer of hub to the family listing could just click and i think we'll manage it that's given oh, we'll continue practicing with an kernan m m in bethesda. but also we have to take into account that anna's condition also varies widely. rather, it depends on how much concentration she can muster to day her concentration is at its limit. the 2 hour visit is over before and in. it's a contrie out the system herself. 0 one 0 on it's time for us to go back now. in the next few weeks and months professor so could as team will keep on trying. it's drawn out process,

but every one is hoping that and, and it's and her family will learn to communicate with one another again. in s and university hospital in western germany, lily lawman has come for an important check up 4 weeks ago, her son thomas donated half his liver to his mom, saving her life. when not just of half english i wanted, i was asked and of course i said yes because your parents also give you a lot aiden's and is all part of being a parent is also about sacrifice. wonder i was asked then i thought of yes, just do it. most of us are vermont. fish. and i said, man, naturally, of course, along the way you start having doubt. zoe. if you ask, am i doing the right thing? what am i doing to my son or something could go wrong and as can help with the other n o at

s and university hospital more than a 100 organ, transplants are carried out each year as a so called smart hospital. it also works with artificial intelligence in the transplant center, computer science experts and doctors like professor answer it chillik and dr. felix ninja worked together. calculating the size of the liver correctly is vital for transplant success. a c t scan creates a multi layered image of the organ. the doctor then marks the liver tissue. it's not a very exact procedure. artificial intelligence can scrutinize each image more closely . i ye dessert of about the i. i basically ensures that a human doesn't have to draw anything by hand yet a shift. it can determine the difference between livid tissue and other tissue on every single layout of it was. but this was how the i calculated the exact location

of tolmas lumens live up. his mother was given exactly half a mistake in the calculation could have been fatal. i. he for these aluminum extremes, dish dish by mackenzie on his off knowing these measurements as critical mohammed us. we can't open her up and say it, oh, it's too small. and so are up again, had that really shouldn't happen. that's why it's extremely important for us to ensure that the calculation is exactly righty. we should vitally important to us. yeah, that's why dr. nanzen made one manual drawing based on his observation. and then and then one with the help of artificial intelligence. me tooth, it a conclusion into against the plan. you did the same for my son to know exactly for if we humans want it to be as precise as the eye. we probably need to invest not just half an hour, but an hour and a half or so get some luckily with

a i you can do it in 2nd, was lethal in sequin lynette organs who claim an examination that's considerably faster and more precise. it offers a better chance that the valuable organ will not be rejected. you know, as, as the, at the never works really, really well. and the doctor operating on me told me to take good care of it. uh huh . and his mother and son can look ahead again with optimism. they're not concerned about having their data stored centrally in the hospital. since we're, i'm as good as valid. i'm happy for them to have the data model. if something happened, they be able to act immediately. yet critiques often cite dash or privacy issues as one of the reasons for skepticism about artificial intelligence. but research data is always anonymized. oliver esta is in charge of tracking the eyes development.

in this case, the program is learning how to potentially distinguish between healthy and sea cliff cells. as was move is in nicholas, it's possible to observe the development process and see what progress has being made during training. i'm almost a discount. you have to imagine it is like an ongoing program. you have to be able to see how good it is at every stage of the training. what is the actor? and yet artificial intelligence is only as good as the data it's supplied with. and the people programming it was high because it is called artificial intelligence, but it is completely artificial and there is nothing intelligent about it being able to react intelligently to when you challenge that something that way humans can do. and i can't humans are intelligent machines are precise and quick. morton medicine is making the most of these combined strengths

professors so could as team berlin chart. i hospital has been visiting anna nits of the months now to develop a new form of communication for her. with some success, she is starting to express herself with i'm movements i was itch is as the hall, my 1st you see her blinking normally. and then she makes a definite eye movement to switch on the light at their 1st success, a tiny one, but one that's encouraging for all concerned ah, ah, you desire the ha, i would say she has made progress,

but progress is slow. and while some expectations often filled up as on to vase learning, processes need time is a down puts, i said, the powerful tight to make progress easier, more efficient and less exhausting the researchers and now trying out a new type of sensor. these so called quantum sensors measure the magnetic fields about the skull. very precisely. they would mean that patients like and in it so would no longer need to make tiring eye movements to be able to communicate with. so i missed him. there was a system like this would enable ms. nesa to clearly communicate what might be causing her discomfort. and on the other hand, to organize her personal care in the past, for example, to communicate whether she wants to sit up or lie on her side. she missed her off as i did either. at present this system can only be used in a laboratory setting. california dozens of i'd, europe,

i here in berlin, the i t specialists are also developing the eyes learning process at the same time in real time. and the programs are coming through the huge quantities of darnesha produce, showing the measurements. they're looking for passions. that's how they learn to distinguish between a person's brain signals. that ability is key to artificial intelligence. as a, let's this key to say i am out of the ultimately it's always about the interaction between humans and technology. so if i best and improving this interaction, so you no longer notice where one starts and the other stops. that's monday. it's about combining these powers so that people with restricted movement can move again mitchum with all putting this at their disposal so they can manage everyday life like everyone else, v. m, you dot and a mench. m i talked sized. com. ah, the and, and it's,

and her family professors so could, as research could mean an enormous step forward making their lives a bit easier. and introducing a bit of normality is the this, as i see it as the only chance to help us know who will help to help my wife. what am i love, how to help from the home? the see if we hope that science makes swiftly progress. and so a lot of people can be helped in engine alcohol. my daughter is not the only one affected. there are no doubt quite a few people like her val. it's not just a few isolated individuals. she's one who are special intelligence can help to improve health care by improving diagnostic procedures and cutting costs. but blind enthusiasm is just as misplaced as blind distrust if it can help us to reduce suffering. we shouldn't be afraid of using ai

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