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Watson doesn’t tell a doctor what to do, it provides several options with degrees of confidence for each, along with the supporting evidence it used to arrive a
by ScottBurson 14y ago
Watson doesn’t tell a doctor what to do, it provides several options with degrees of confidence for each, along with the supporting evidence it used to arrive at the optimal treatment.
That is, of course, as it should be (except for the comma splice, heh), but I think there's a grave danger of doctors becoming complacent about it over time and just doing what Watson recommends.
I think we need to make sure that "I did what the computer said" is not a defense against malpractice, and similarly that not doing what the computer said does not make one's defense more difficult. That will be a hard position to maintain, but the alternative is that eventually, doctors will cede their critical faculties to the machine.
- lucidrains 14y agowell, part of shifting the liability to machines is also beneficial. in a machine, u can find the fault and fix it, improving on the system so such a mistake never happens again in the future. as for enforcing reliability in humans, all you can really do is get out your whip and dish out negative reinforcement.
- ams6110 14y agoWhen Watson tells the hypertensive diabetic to stop smoking and lose 100 pounds of weight, is the patient going to be any more likely to do it than when his human doctor tells him the same thing?
- xyzzy123 14y agoOK, let me try scary scenario. According to the video, Watson is relying on a bunch of textbooks, guidelines, journal articles, clinical trials etc. What happens when drug companies SEO Watson's data sources to get their products or test procedures recommended?