The End of Human Doctors – The Bleeding Edge of Medical AI Research (Part 2)

First up, I want to remind everyone – deep learning has really only been around as an applied method since 2012. So we haven't even had five years to use this stuff in medicine, and us medical folks typically lag behind a bit. With that perspective some of these results are even more incredible, but we should acknowledge that this is just the beginning. I'm going to review each paper I think is evidence of breakthrough medical automation, or that adds something useful to the conversation. I'll describe the research, but spend time discussing a few key elements: The task – is it a clinical task?