Deep Learning, AI Could One Day Assist in Spotting Cancer - ExtremeTech

Deep learning and artificial intelligence are on their way to bringing about a sea change in how we use computers in medicine. Neural networks have the power to work toward solutions using approaches they devise on their own -- and it gives them incredible problem-solving capabilities. You can't exactly plug more RAM into a human brain (yet), but you can combine a supercomputer cluster with neural networks that do diagnostic image processing. This mighty partnership gives the ability to apply the collective wisdom and insight of doctors and scientists worldwide to the collective processing power of every core in the cluster.