The machines are winning:
A computer does better than a doctor at diagnosing certain brain diseases, research has suggested.Experts taught a standard computer how to diagnose Alzheimer’s from brain scans, and got a 96% success rate.
The accuracy of diagnosis from standard scans, blood tests and interviews carried out by a clinician is 85%.
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