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This is truly impressive. The only part that I'm unsure about it is when they say they "WellPoint will be using the system [to help] health insurers determine w
by nolok 14y ago
This is truly impressive. The only part that I'm unsure about it is when they say they "WellPoint will be using the system [to help] health insurers determine which treatments are fair, appropriate and efficient and, in turn, what it will cover", the possibility for abuse their is significant.
Anyway, congrats to anyone at IBM who worked on this, when you make the future so great it feels natural, you're doing it right.
- Evbn 14y agoBut is the potential worse than existing systems?
- mdda 14y agoSuppose a doctor is paid by the visit - his incentive is to keep you alive for as long as the insurance will allow him to (which could have minus points as well as plus points). Watson's recommendations could be aligned more directly to the insurance company's bottom line : Keep you healthy as long as possible, but kill you quickly when things turn south. Of course, it may be that Watson's choices are more optimal for the patient, but there's an ethical debate in there somewhere, I'm sure.