AI in Medicine

  • Read more: Four Roles for Artificial Intelligence in the Medical System

    Four Roles for Artificial Intelligence in the Medical System

    By W. Nicholson Price How will artificial intelligence (AI) change medicine? AI, powered by “big data” in health, promises to transform medical practice, but specifics remain inchoate.  Reports that AI performs certain tasks at the level of specialists stoke worries that AI will “replace” physicians.  These worries are probably overblown; AI is unlikely to replace many physicians in the foreseeable future.  A more…

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  • Read more: Machine Learning as the Enemy of Science? Not Really.

    Machine Learning as the Enemy of Science? Not Really.

    By Cansu Canca A new worry has arisen in relation to machine learning: Will it be the end of science as we know it? The quick answer is, no, it will not. And here is why. Let’s start by recapping what the problem seems to be. Using machine learning, we are increasingly more able to…

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