[JumpCrisscross]

> We'll need machines able to converse and integrate patient appearance, behaviour etc. as well as humans, and reliably derive the appropriate conclusions from that before we get efficient medical AI

This presupposes the problem of medical records having been solved.

[rscho]

No, this presupposes that the machine won't interact solely with the medical record, but mostly directly with the patient. At least, that's my understanding. In this view, medical records won't be just text records anymore, but records of the whole system 'sensorium' for lack of a better term.