This AI is so good it can detect cancer more accurately than doctors

Soon you could be choosing a computer over a doctor when it comes to a cancer diagnosis. According to a new study, an artificial intelligent (AI) system outperformed dermatologists when it came to diagnosing skin cancer. The computer, a deep learning convolutional neural network (CNN), was trained by a team from Germany, France, and the US, by looking at over 100,000 images of cancerous moles and benign spots. After its training, the scientists put the computer to work by pitting it against 58 dermatologists from 17 countries around the world. After being shown images of different types of moles, the CNN was able to accurately detect skin cancer in 95 per cent of the images.