In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a prominent AI researcher, said we should stop training radiologists. He claimed it was “completely obvious” within five years; AI deep learning would outperform radiologists. There has been significant hype around AI in radiology, with more than a few predicting AI would soon replace radiologists or diagnose diseases better. My blog post drills down on the error rate of medical imaging and explains the benefits of AI. Perplexity Pro was my research partner for this post. If you are interested in reviewing the sources backing up the various numbers and assertions, the sources of information for the post are below. If you see a reference you would like to read, copy the url and paste in your browser.
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