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Re:Challenges you’re going to face when building a chatbot by ska on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @03:09PM (#13312581) 

   I'm curious how this architecture (or any "AI" medical tool) handles regulatory compliance issues.
So is the FDA.

Currently the typical answer from a medical device company is a combination of "carefully" and "with clinical oversight". The typical answer from a non-medical startup seems to be "poorly", for the most part.

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Re:Challenges you’re going to face when building a chatbot by garysieling on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @05:32PM (#13313824)
I did a little research and it seems IBM is claiming that the Watson tools are publications, not a medical devices, although I can't see that applying to the OP.

https://www.quora.com/Medical-Devices-Is-IBM-Watson-FDA-regu...

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Re:Challenges you’re going to face when building a chatbot by ska on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:22PM (#13315664)
People have been applying ML techniques clinically in medical devices since at least the 90's. With the right approach and indications it is quite doable. You have to do the work, mind you.
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