'Artificial' diagnosis

Dr R.V. Parameshwaran, head of the department of Nuclear Medicine at Manipal Hospitals, is a close friend of mine--more to my own good fortune and not so much the good doctor's! Apart from being a brilliant physician, Param is possessed of an insatiable curiosity with all things technical, and passionately believes that technology can be harnessed by the medical profession in order to better serve the sick. He and I have collaborated on assessing investments in start-ups that are focused on the healthcare space in India. He recently passed on an article to me which was focused on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine--from the website Futurism; founded last year, it is focused on emerging technologies, and attempts to take complex content and break it down into components that are easily understood. It has an unusually large following on Facebook--over 2 million followers.