AI's health advice is as good as a doctor's, startup says

AI could be your next doctor. AI can now offer health advice as good as what you'd get from a human doctor, says a UK-based startup. Babylon Health said Wednesday that it gave its artificial intelligence technology the same test required of would-be general practitioners in Britain and that the AI performed better than humans. Babylon presented the AI with a sample set of questions testing diagnostic skills, a key component of the exam. The technology scored 81 percent on the exam on its first try, compared to the average score of 72 percent that human doctors have received over the last five years, the company said.