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Re:Deep learning algorithm diagnoses skin cancer as well as ... by revelation on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:25PM (#13486292)
The difficulty is not "following the right lane", it's the huge vision problem. Analog computers can follow a lane perfectly fine.

If your profession only relies on reading a bunch of discrete values from monitors, it's a prime candidate for automation regardless of the complex process that derives the values.

Re:Deep learning algorithm diagnoses skin cancer as well as ... by rscho on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:43PM (#13486487)
I think I do understand machine vision, since I just published a paper using it. If my figure-of-speech does not convince you, I encourage you to step foot in an operating room if you get the occasion. I guarantee 100% that you will be unable to implement a system as efficient as the attending doc. Because numbers are just part of the job. You already see systems advertised as more efficient than anesthesiologists. Until we see those systems tested in a real, usual OR setting (meaning, hopelessly chaotic), you should take those efficiency statements with a grain of salt.