Re:AI in medicine will help doctors, not replace them
by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:08PM
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My point is not meant to be inflammatory, nor derogatory. My understanding is that medicine is very hard as a domain (correct me if I'm wrong! i am not a medical practitioner). I am not proposing these people are stupid, nor that they are incompetent, but that humans have human failings and that is what leaning on technology is for. Medicine is hard enough without help. I am proposing more help, just as autopilot is to aircraft pilots. Commercial air travel is very safe, but still has humans making decisions.
Re:AI in medicine will help doctors, not replace them
by maxerickson on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:11AM
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The majority of diagnoses are extremely simple. It's a small portion that are difficult. We don't need a complicated computer system to help with the simple ones, we need more people that are allowed to indicate the care they know is needed.
Re:AI in medicine will help doctors, not replace them
by vo2maxer on Thursday November 14, 2019 @01:36PM
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Ay, there's the rub. Oftentimes, it is discerning the difficult in a multitude of simples, hearing the zebra hoofbeats when the sound is clearly a horse. Miss the exotic and a patient could die, no repeats. It haunts a physician for the rest of their days.
Like, if there is a problem with their performance, it is a problem that they are graduating. And then look at the group that is admitted. It isn't a low bar.