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Compilers already do this to an extent. But overall I don't think computers will be actively creating things for a while yet. Maybe I just believe to much in h
by valarauca1 12y ago
Compilers already do this to an extent.
But overall I don't think computers will be actively creating things for a while yet. Maybe I just believe to much in humanity, or I'm just to jaded from following tech news for too long.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoI always bring this up on HN, but IBM's Watson can diagnose cancer better than 2nd year med students. It's not sentient, but baby steps!
- valarauca1 12y agoWe are moving forward, but not as fast as much techno-evangelists want you to believe we are. The crux of the problem is with all medical information Watson has access to only that good. Yet with 1/100th to 1/1000th of the information how is a human doctor better?
- toomuchtodo 12y ago> The crux of the problem is with all medical information Watson has access to only that good. Yet with 1/100th to 1/1000th of the information how is a human doctor better? Doesn't the NHS sell anonymized data from their health system in the UK? Can't we train Watson off of that data?