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Jul 2020
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A Reality Check on AI-Driven Medical Ass...

Ben Jaffe And Katie Malone
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The data science and artificial intelligence community has made amazing strides in the past few years to algorithmically automate portions of the healthcare process. This episode looks at two computer vision algorithms, one that diagnoses diabetic retinopathy and another that classifies liver cancer, and asks the question—are patients now getting better care ... Show More
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