An AI Scientist Turned a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Into a Tool to Save Lives | FRONTLINE
After MIT-based artificial intelligence researcher Regina Barzilay was diagnosed with breast cancer, she asked: Why couldn’t her cancer have been diagnosed earlier? Her quest to find an answer would lead to a remarkable result: the development of an AI-based predictive system for early detection of breast cancer with the potential to save many thousands of lives each year. Subscribe on YouTube: bit.ly/1BycsJW Learn more in this excerpt from the FRONTLINE documentary “In the Age of AI.” Premiering Nov. 5, 2019, the documentary explores both the promise and the perils of artificial intelligence. Watch “In the Age of AI” starting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019: to.pbs.org/33fpvCJ Instagram: www.instagram.com/frontlinepbs Twitter: twitter.com/frontlinepbs Facebook: www.facebook.com/frontline Stream FRONTLINE here: to.pbs.org/hxRvQP Love FRONTLINE? Find us on the PBS Video App, where there are more than 250 FRONTLINE documentaries available for you to watch any time: to.pbs.org/FLVideoApp Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation, the Park Foundation, The John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation.
