Diagnosis Boom Bah

Even if you suffer from an extremely rare disease, there’s a decent chance the cure already exists. Some combination of available drugs, therapies, and treatments could possibly save you. The tricky part is figuring which combination provides the cure. That’s where AI comes in. Kate Moran in the NYT (Gift Article): Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. “A little over a year ago, Joseph Coates was told there was only one thing left to decide. Did he want to die at home, or in the hospital? … Within a week, Coates was responding to treatment. In four months, he was healthy enough for a stem cell transplant. Today, he’s in remission. The lifesaving drug regimen wasn’t thought up by the doctor, or any person. It had been spit out by an artificial intelligence model.” It actually wasn’t just spit out. Doctors and researchers had a big role in developing the treatment. But the machines really sped things up.