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We are doing it today. We of course sell it as assisting the doctor. Partly because of things like FDA and legislation, partly because doctors and reluctant to change. In due time they will value the algorithms decision over their own and the balance will shift. It is like the chess computer. They claimed it could never beat them, they tried, and they lost. Our algorithms run against millions of other cases in milliseconds. A number a human brain cannot possibly contain no matter how experienced. And each new case adds to its power. Not only the cases one doctor sees, but that every doctor in the world sees. It's numbers really.

Healthcare becomes the next industrial revolution. Of course nothing is ready yet. Not only doctors but also law needs to change. When an algorithm makes a false negative, who will we sue?

Note I do not say doctors will no longer be needed. They very much will be. But their work shifts towards the social part of the job. Guide the patient, help him/her understand. Assure. Etc.



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