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To: Sam who wrote (254769)	7/2/2014 9:53:48 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) of 542009

Watson isn't a robot. It's a computer for gawds sake. It can't move itself to the Jeopardy stage, can't make a pencil to check off the questions. It can't act on any of the things in it's "mind". It's a fucking glorified encyclopedia. The article says it is the best diagnostician in the world - but it doesn't take your blood sample - a person does that. It doesn't develop the test - a scientist does that. It just sifts through the information that has all been processed by humans and is able to point the dr in the right direction. That can be a good thing - but it is nothing more than a tool. In this case nothing more than a computer. Why do you think of it as a robot? There are robots in medicine that are guided by the capable hands of a physician or surgeon. That's really cool and good and is another step in the evolution of medicine. But we should embrace them - not fear that they will take away jobs.

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