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There's a bigger issue at hand here. AI generally has not made huge inroads into disease treatment. I think this is because we haven't figured out a good way
by program_whiz 9y ago
There's a bigger issue at hand here. AI generally has not made huge inroads into disease treatment. I think this is because we haven't figured out a good way to describe the diseases. Where it does work, we have a good way to classify the data (i.e. a set of training images or clear metrics to feed it). As Google/Verily learned the hard way, its not easy to fit digital models to organic beings.
In the area of cancer treatment, my guess is that the reason specialists are highly paid/trained is because the analysis and judgement required is highly manual and varied. Surgical intervention, prescription medications, targeted radiation treatment machines, patient psychology and counseling. Other than maybe guessing the prescription based on symptom list, what could the AI profitably help with?
- tim333 9y ago>not made huge inroads into disease treatment. I think this is because we haven't figured out a good way to describe the diseases. Perhaps more likely, human doctors are actually quite good and AI has yet to out do them.