The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Autoimmune Disorders

The immune system of an organism responds to threats from outside the body. Autoimmunity in immunology is the system of an organism's immune responses against its healthy cells, tissues, and other typical body parts. Therefore, a disorder known as an autoimmune illness results from an inappropriate immune reaction to a healthy bodily function. The science of developing computers with intelligence that both mimics and exceeds that of humans is known as artificial intelligence (AI). Programs having AI capabilities can contextualize and analyze data to deliver information or automatically initiate operations without the need for human intervention. Furthermore, AI can be attained through machine learning. This branch of AI applies to learning to make ever-better judgments using algorithms to discover patterns and acquire insights from data automatically. In this chapter, we present the role of AI and machine learning to analyze how autoimmunity behaves in conditions like autoimmune diseases. Moreover, we also discussed the impact of employing machine learning techniques to optimize precision medicine for patients.