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Re:Deep learning algorithm diagnoses skin cancer as well as ... by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:01PM (#13486054)
Ok, lets look at this stuff.

Would it have mattered to you if a machine interpreted the results and a nurse, fully versed in the specialty, had a consultation with you and guided you through the treatment process?

It seems like the bigger issue here is having some warmth of some sort in the situation - which I think is where medicine is really going, at least in the way we experience it. Computers and machines to do the hard diagnosis, with educated humans guiding other humans through. I believe we'll have less unpopular practitioners because we'll be able to spend more time teaching bedside manner and communication skills.

Re:Deep learning algorithm diagnoses skin cancer as well as ... by zwieback on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:29PM (#13486346)
I get where you're going with this ("fully versed" nurse + AI = doctor) but there were also surgeons and anesthesiologists involved. Some specialties will remain but general practitioners and family doctors may be replaced with some combination of software and less expensive staff.