AI-Enabled Technologies that Fight the Coronavirus OutbreakDevelopment of innovative designs, new applications, new technologies and heavier investment in AI are continued to be seen every day. However, with the sudden impact of COVID19, so severe and urgent around the world, adoption of AI is propelled to an unprecedent level, because it helps to fight the virus pandemic by enabling one or more of the following possibilities: (1) autonomous everything, (2) pervasive knowledge, (3) assistive technology and ( 4) rational decision support. The deployment of AI into these aspects may be bold and experimental, but it is in full force, all scales, unanimous and swift in timing which may otherwise take years. The four aspects which are enabled by AI changed our lifestyle, so did the coronavirus. It is almost like a revolution in speeding up the technologies and their adoption in a short time. The following showcases a series of examples of technologies which are infused with AI for provision of one or more of the four benefits, with the aim of fighting the coronavirus and of course saving lives. In particular, the examples show how AI as a technological enabler enhances the existing process for fulfilling one or more of the four benefits.
Infection Risk IdentificationAs the first line of defence against COVID-19 pandemic, in-home risk assessment is a protocol by which anybody can check for himself or somebody else at home whether he/she has contracted the coronavirus through some basic tests. The assessment involves a dialogue of questions to which the subject has to answer using a questionnaire based on how he feels and where he has visited. The responses of the questionnaire are taken to some medical experts for analysis, deciding the infection risk level of that person. Using ICT and AI, however, this assessment can be fully digitized.