In recent years, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical field has advanced rapidly, and AI is gradually becoming an indispensable part of the healthcare system. However, high development costs, data privacy concerns, and limitations in model deployment have all hindered the widespread adoption of medical AI. The DeepSeek model emerged during the Lunar New Year, and after further understanding its characteristics, we believe that DeepSeek will bring new opportunities for the development of medical AI.
DeepSeek, as an open-source large-scale language model (LLM), possesses several unique advantages. First, DeepSeek's capabilities rival those of top-tier closed-source models, enabling it to handle complex natural language tasks such as medical literature analysis, medical record summarization, and health consultation. Second, DeepSeek adopts an open-source model, meaning developers can freely use, modify, and share its models, lowering the barrier to AI development. This will help break the monopoly of large technology companies in the closed AI model field, allowing more SMEs and research institutions to participate.
Furthermore, DeepSeek supports local deployment, allowing healthcare institutions to apply it to real-world medical scenarios while protecting data privacy, and also offering the possibility of low-cost deployment. This is a significant advantage for healthcare institutions with stringent data security requirements. It will help alleviate their concerns about data security and promote the application of AI in healthcare.
DeepSeek has also brought new momentum to the development of medical AI in Taiwan. Taiwan possesses abundant data resources and outstanding talent in the medical field, but lacks support for large-scale language models. DeepSeek's open-source model can provide Taiwan with a good starting point.
We can emulate DeepSeek's approach to develop language models that align with Taiwanese values and corpora, such as a medical knowledge base based on Traditional Chinese characters and diagnostic models for common Taiwanese diseases. These models will help improve the level of medical AI in Taiwan and provide better healthcare services to the public. Furthermore, government agencies can increase investment in medical AI, support the development of local medical AI companies, and jointly build Taiwan's medical AI ecosystem.
The emergence of DeepSeek is a significant milestone in the development of medical AI. It not only demonstrates the enormous potential of the open-source model in the AI field but also points the way for the development of medical AI. We have reason to believe that, under the influence of DeepSeek, medical AI will experience faster and healthier development.
Source: Financial News Issue 731