This is indeed an interesting losing* bet. He was mostly right on the technical side (yes deep learning now do better than the average radiologist on many tasks). He was completely wrong on the societal impact (no we still need to train radiologists). This was the same story with ophthalmologists when deep learning significantly shorten the time needed to perform part of their job: they just spent the saved time on doing more.
Yeah, he said that too. But let’s face it, it’s 2023 and there’s absolutely no trace of radiologists starting to stop being under heavy pressure. Especially in Canada where papy boom is hitting hard and the new generations value family time more than dying at or from work.
But yeah, I concede it’s not settled yet. Do you want to bet friendly goodies with me?
« radiologist at the CHUM, An Tang […] chaired an artificial intelligence task force of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. […] First observation: his profession would not be threatened.
The combination between the doctor and the AI algorithm is going to be superior to the AI alone or the doctor alone. The mistakes likely to be made are not of the same [type]. »
This is indeed an interesting losing* bet. He was mostly right on the technical side (yes deep learning now do better than the average radiologist on many tasks). He was completely wrong on the societal impact (no we still need to train radiologists). This was the same story with ophthalmologists when deep learning significantly shorten the time needed to perform part of their job: they just spent the saved time on doing more.
*16+5=21, not 26 😉
“it might be ten”
Yeah, he said that too. But let’s face it, it’s 2023 and there’s absolutely no trace of radiologists starting to stop being under heavy pressure. Especially in Canada where papy boom is hitting hard and the new generations value family time more than dying at or from work.
But yeah, I concede it’s not settled yet. Do you want to bet friendly goodies with me?
In my local news today:
« radiologist at the CHUM, An Tang […] chaired an artificial intelligence task force of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. […] First observation: his profession would not be threatened.
The combination between the doctor and the AI algorithm is going to be superior to the AI alone or the doctor alone. The mistakes likely to be made are not of the same [type]. »
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1975944/lintelligence-humaine-artificielle-hopital-revolution
No; I agree with you.