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Re:A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its... by sgt101 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:08PM (#14984299)
If it worked in that way, which it currently doesn't (see comments about question answering systems and Jeopardy) in terms of the state of the art, we're... maybe 30 years off that, like as in we're 30 years off fusion.

Think about the human condition, think about human biology. Be clear- these are systems beyond current science... and doctors deal with them every day!

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Re:A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its... by roywiggins on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:54PM (#14986483)
The current push seems to be in radiology. An AI that never sleeps and can read images and give you a good estimate of whether something is a tumor? It probably wouldn't replace humans entirely but it could be the first place that AI really gets into the process of diagnosis.
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