Machine learning algorithms surpass doctors at predicting heart attacks

Between 15 and 20 million people die every year from heart attacks and related illnesses worldwide, but now, artificial intelligence could help reduce that number with better predictive abilities. Doctors are not clairvoyant, but it looks like technology is getting awfully close. Thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, we could be closer than ever before to predicting the future when it comes to patients' health risks. The scientists have managed to develop an algorithm that outperforms medical doctors when it comes to predicting heart attacks. And this, experts say, could save thousands or even millions of lives every year.