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25. Would You Rather See a Computer or a Doctor?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Is This Something That We Can Use to Day?

There are now demonstrations where the computer has matched or performed the doctor, primarily in research settings. A 20 sixteenth paper found that an algritm was really good at using photos to detect diabetic retinopathy. It had sensitivity rates upwards of 90%. So is this something that we can really use to day? There are so many questions that i think we need to consider.

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