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Why A.I. Won’t Replace Doctors
Season 1
Episode 25
Some studies have found that supercomputers can diagnose illnesses more accurately than human doctors - from heart disease to cancer to asthma to early detection of sepsis (infection spreading through the blood). The use of AI is growing, but patients are leery – are they right to be? Alok and Sheena will look at the pros and cons of AI in medicine – where it can be most effective, and where the h
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