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by cvsh
3064 days ago
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My mom is a radiologist nearing retirement and from the time we were old enough to seriously consider career paths she would tell us "Do not become a radiologist". As she tells it, the reason is outsourcing. Radiology is probably the single easiest medical field to outsource, and more and more of her office's work has been contracted out to doctors in India over time. She doesn't consider AI as much of a threat... but I don't think she fully understands the leaps and bounds by which software is getting better at detecting patterns in images. As a software developer, I know that my field is still in its infancy. I wonder what it's like to look back on your profession, knowing your generation is the last of its kind. |
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Image/pattern recognition is already being used intensively and the only thing that keeps it from being used more is legislation and humans.
Having more than a thousand moles and having had two melanomas I am still hoping for the arrival of a system that can do complete scan of me and automatically figure out the areas of concern.
Currently I am at Sloan Memorial and using Molesafe as a more manual way to do the same. My dermatologist on of the best with regards to melanomas in the world using colonoscopy to see if there are any melanomic cells, there is even a 3model of me in blue spedos.
But I really would feel much better when they start taking the shots regularly and have the computer look for the odd ones out.