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A comment on Ask HN: What medical datasets do you need?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What medical datasets do you need? by BigJono on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @12:18AM (#14039606)
This seems like an easy question to answer. The liability lies with the user until they seek the professional advice of a doctor.

Say a user decides to self-diagnose and damages themselves (either through inaction or self-medication or whatever). What difference does it make whether they diagnosed themselves by browsing symptoms on wikipedia or using an advanced diagnosis AI on their phone?

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Re:Ask HN: What medical datasets do you need? by PeterisP on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @09:35AM (#14041957)
It's plausible that providing an advanced diagnosis AI on the phone (unlike purely passive information e.g. wikipedia) falls under existing laws that regulate medical services, and would make the provider liable for violating these regulations even if noone has damaged themselves yet.
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