The Doctor's Robot Will See You Now

In the not-too-distant future, a visit to the doctor's office might start with a conversation with the doctor's robot. Such robots could access diagnostic and medical data to evaluate the urgency of a patient's needs before they ever speak with a human healthcare worker. At the 2016 World Science Festival, computer scientist Eric Horvitz and cognitive scientist Bertram F. Malle discussed the benefits of such bots, for both individual patients and the healthcare system at large. Watch the full program here: https://youtu.be/oQ-vBOm-9Go Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscience... Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldSciFest