Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Stephen C. Webster — AI system diagnoses illnesses better than doctors

AI system diagnoses illnesses better than doctors (via Raw Story )

An artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at the University of Indiana can diagnose illnesses and prescribe courses of treatment significantly better than a human doctor, the university said Monday. Using a computerized decision making processes similar to IBM’s wiz computer “Watson…


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can we build one for economic forecasting and punditry?

Andy Blatchford said...

All we need is hologram technology and we get
http://plasmapool.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/stvo_picardo_gift_500x366.jpg

BTW Tom did you see Frances latest? liked this line
"What is clear to me already though, is that the boundary between education and work is blurring."
http://coppolacomment.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/bifurcation-in-labour-market.html

Definately go with that

Roger Erickson said...

?? how can one ever separate living & learning?

Andy Blatchford said...

Not meant like that really Roger,worth reading the whole thing.

Tom Hickey said...

how can one ever separate living & learning?

Through a poorly designed educational process that separates living & learning, as John Dewey pointed out in his work.