Machine Learning Is Taking Over the Medical Profession -- But Not in the Way You Might Think

For most people, medicine will fall into the latter category. But, while medical training gives the hard and fast facts, there is an element of creative thinking involved: an amalgamation of previous patient stories, watching and learning. More so than you might think, which is why it seems almost ludicrous to introduce machines into the world of medicine. Despite its backdrop of science, machine learning -- which, for some people, equals robots -- surely can't have a place in the medical world; surely these robots can't take the place of a doctor? But not in the way you might think.