Dr Watson is accepting new patients

Essentially, what has been done is to automate the knowledge base of an oncologist. And what usually happens when we automate such a function is that the skilled professional doesn’t get to do the job any more. It can now be done by less skilled workers plus the machine.

"The AMA is no more than a doctors’ guild jealously protecting the privileges (and thus incomes) of those inside the AMA from whoever might threaten those privileges and incomes."

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