Artificial Intelligence Technology and Applications in the Current Scenario

Abstract

In the current pandemic of COVID-19, artificial intelligence has become crucial and plays a vital role in dealing with and caring for patients because of the infectious nature of the disease. Many research institutions are stressing on new challenges and future issues of AI, and business houses are funding research institutes and scholars as artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of human life. Artificial intelligence is grooming itself as a multidisciplinary field of study as it borrows concept of machine learning, data analytics, deep learning, neural network, statics, and soft computing. This chapter presents various applications of AI in a variety of fields and shows how it has become essential and significant in the current pandemic of COVID-19 and helps in societal development and global wellbeing. The chapter end with future issues and challenges of artificial intelligence and research prospects.