# AI May Predict Medical Crises Before They Happen by Eric Topol > "Almost any medical condition with an acute episode—like an asthma attack, seizure, autoimmune attack, stroke, heart attack—will be potentially predictable in the future with artificial intelligence and the Internet of all medical things." > **— Eric Topol**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [A New Wisdom of the Body](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26072) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Eric Topol; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cyber-Physical Lessons from Imperial Beekeeping|Cyber-Physical Lessons from Imperial Beekeeping]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Life|Artificial Life]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Internet|Internet]] - [[wiki/World Wide Web|World Wide Web]] - [[wiki/Medical AI|Medical AI]] - [[wiki/Clinical Decision Support|Clinical Decision Support]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Almost any medical condition with an acute episode—like an asthma attack, seizure, autoimmune attack, stroke, heart attack—will be potentially predictable in the future with artificial intelligence and the Internet of all medical things." — Eric Topol, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-eric-topol-ai-predict-medical-crises-before ```