"Before he became a writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a physician-and before he invented Sherlock Holmes, he wrote medical mysteries. The connection feels natural: like Holmes, a good doctor has to be a keen observer and a rapid synthesizer capable of making remarkable deductions. And yet, as Dhruv Khullar-a doctor and a contributing writer to the magazine-shows in a piece in this week's issue, physicians now have competition from A.I. systems that can deliver diagnoses with incredible speed."
"So, while A.I can make the most of medical expertise, it can't replace it. In some ways, it's totally superhuman. Especially when you consider the level of sophistication with which it can diagnose, and the speed at which it can arrive at the right conclusion-faster than any human can. But the output of A.I. also changes depending on the information you give it."
"One of the key insights of the piece is that, if you curate a case so that the information is organized in the right way, then the models can perform better than a human would. But a lot of medicine is actually about gathering the clues, and figuring out how to curate the case in your own mind. If you talk to these models in broad strokes, or don't emphasize the right details, you can get a"
Thousands of TikTok users speculated that the Rapture was happening today. Coverage included analysis of Trump's comments on climate change at the U.N. General Assembly and an exploration of whether artificial intelligence can be trusted to make medical diagnoses. A comparison shows a highly skilled doctor and an A.I. system reaching the same diagnosis while the A.I. works much faster. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's medical background and mystery-writing illustrate parallels between diagnostic observation and deduction. A.I. can perform diagnoses with superhuman speed and sophistication, but its outputs depend heavily on how information is organized and presented. Much of medicine involves gathering clues and curating cases in the clinician's mind.
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