Can An Algorithm Diagnose Better Than A Doctor? - The Medical Futurist

Many times after my talks, people ask me whether algorithms could theoretically be better at making a diagnosis than doctors. With my doctor's cap on, I must defend the art of medicine. But as a medical futurist I need to tell my honest views. Making a diagnosis is an art. We humans are not engineering products, and therefore measuring a few parameters and tweaking a few knobs will not diagnose and cure our diseases.