Even if you let the computer run the show wholesale it could work out net positive. Autopilot might cause problems, but it might also prevent twice as many acci

Even if you let the computer run the show wholesale it could work out net positive. Autopilot might cause problems, but it might also prevent twice as many accidents that would have been caused by pilot error. We're still in pretty early days here, so I don't know if Watson's advice is at a point where that could be true. In the meantime, I do like the idea of having an unaided doctor and the computer program evaluate it independently, then afterward say "Ok, let's see what the computer thought" before coming to any final conclusions. Maybe it'd help avoid any dangerous recommendations. Or maybe people would say "Well the computer has a lot more data than me, it's probably right." I think that depends on whether the differences are errors similar to what a human would make, or if they're the "oh my god how did it even come up with this result" nonsensical error that are easily spotted by human review.