Re:IBM Watson fires its own cancer-fighting ‘moonshot’
by hershel on Saturday October 19, 2013 @07:56AM
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In this case they choose cancer , because
1.It's a large field, plenty of money.
2.Genetic/molecular cancer medicine is advancing rapidly, creating tons of data, which means This field will most likely be highly computerized anyway.
3.Machine learning is the core of genetic cancer medicine , and a lot of data could be really helpful.
4.Assuming this is the best approach to to do cancer medicine ,watson will have strong political allies on his side , since cancer frightens everyone , including powerfull people.
1.It's a large field, plenty of money.
2.Genetic/molecular cancer medicine is advancing rapidly, creating tons of data, which means This field will most likely be highly computerized anyway.
3.Machine learning is the core of genetic cancer medicine , and a lot of data could be really helpful.
4.Assuming this is the best approach to to do cancer medicine ,watson will have strong political allies on his side , since cancer frightens everyone , including powerfull people.