Blockchain, AI, and the end of doctors? Middle East Medical Portal

I should have taken heed of the Socratic paradox that'all I know is that I do not know anything', as in January of 2016, I publicly expressed to the scientific and medical community that'There are certain things that a human brain does much better than any piece of technology – such as solving a crossword puzzle or playing the game Go.' In January of 2016, I was in lofty company, as the majority of the big brains of Artificial Intelligence (AI) felt that it would take at least 50 years for a computer to beat any human at Go. Three months later the Google DeepMind Alpha Go system did just that, when it beat not any average human Go player – but the world's 18-time world Go champion, Lee Sedol. This is a non-trivial occurrence. Because there are many tasks that are performed in healthcare each day by humans, that are well suited to be better performed by intelligent thinking machines. For example, the foundation of healthcare – the diagnosis, consists of pattern recognition and algorithms, both of which are superior strengths of machine over humans. My take away from this is that the changes are occurring much more quickly than I realised, not only in the development of AI, but in many other areas such as the global dispersion of high-speed connectivity, blockchain, plummeting costs of data storage, and tremendous improvements in biosensors of all shapes and sizes. The future that many felt was at least 50 years away, appears to already be behind us – and these powerful thinking machines will not stand alone, but will play a central role in our increasing global connectivity.