Watson going to medical school

Started by arpad, March 23, 2012, 05:01:50 AM

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"Watson" is the artificial intelligence program that beat all comers at Jeopardy last year. Now it's being pumped full on oncology information by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - click.

Turns out teaching Watson to diagnose and suggest treatment's easy. It's getting Watson to be impatiently dismissive of patient and family fears that's proving tough.