Machine learning can be used to augment the human capability. There are programmes one example is called isabel, which puts observations into a list of possible diagnoses. i you need that capability to integrate information coming from the person interpreted,. And in many cases, people may be able to do some of that overtime for themselves.
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church’s narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what’s missing in medical education, Michael Crichton’s cultural influence, Knausgård versus Ferrante, indie music, and the thing that makes Gawande “bawl like a baby.”
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Recorded June 12th, 2017 Other ways to connect