Training an AI Doctor CrowdFlower

It is fairly straight-forward to build chatbots that send reminders, ask (and record) basic information, and answer common questions. For example, the US government tracks veterans who are receiving chemotherapy and recovering at home. Particular inputs to an automated system can trigger human support systems to get more involved. This can be a useful way of generating training data but that training data is a byproduct of the real goal, which is to help individual, caregivers, and healthcare providers to give the best care possible. AI doctors are unlikely to replace doctors anytime soon–neither the technology nor society are ready for that.