Vinod Khosla: Doctors can’t beat big data, machines
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Vinod-Khosla-Doctors-can-t-beat-big-data-5501778.php
1) Venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla believes that big data storage and analysis will allow, “technology [to] replace 80 to 90 percent of doctors’ roles in decision-making.” Do you think that computers can one day take over the medical industry?
2) Khosla also believes that computers are more adept at handling large numbers of variables than humans when diagnoses are not concrete and based on judgement calls. Do you trust the judgement of a trained medical professional more than that of a big data analysis algorithm?
3) Would you feel comfortable using an advanced medical information system to diagnose your illness based on data analysis algorithms?