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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by bakuninsbart on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:57PM (#28395922)
Doing this early also helps people get used to the idea of AI replacing/complementing doctors in the future. Objectively, it would be better to be diagnosed by a machine instead of a human doctor, if the machine is better on average at giving the right diagnosis. In practice, there is a large legal and emotional gap to close to get acceptance for this.

The gains could be incredible though, not only would we get better diagnosis, it could be done faster, cheaper, and remotely.

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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by cratermoon on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:21PM (#28396203)
> Objectively, it would be better to be diagnosed by a machine instead of a human doctor, if the machine is better on average at giving the right diagnosis.

"On average"?

What if the machine is better than average for common things but consistently, 100%, misses uncommon conditions with very high short-term mortality rates?

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