Why Artificial Intelligence Hype In Health Care Isn't A Bad Thing

In the year we celebrate America's moon landing from 50 years ago, we are reminded that aiming high and thinking big have led to feats that once seemed impossible. But there were many exploded rockets on the launchpad before our astronauts set foot on the moon. That's why both the hype and the disappointment around artificial intelligence (AI) in health care don't bother me. Although IBM Watson Health did not meet expectations for its "moonshot" goal to tame cancer with AI, there's reason to be optimistic. Incremental progress for health care AI may not astonish, but it is nonetheless very promising.