Once Again, on IBM Watson, Cybernetic Miracles and Reductionist Views of Medicine

The cybernetic miracle shamans are at it again: IBM's Watson set to tackle health insurance, takes 'Diagnosis for $1,000' via En...

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Here Comes the Judge! A Quick Thought on Cybernetic Medicine: Why Can't Computers Also Do Law?

At my Jan. 2011 post " IBM's Watson, Jeopardy, and Revolutionizing Medicine " I lamented that with every new computer advance ...

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MedInformaticsMD in WSJ again: No Patient Will Ever Say, 'Quick, Watson, the Needle!'

Following along the lines of my Jan. 2011 post IBM's Watson, Jeopardy, and "Revolutionizing Medicine " , the Wall Street Journ...

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IBM's Watson, Jeopardy, and "Revolutionizing Medicine"

In the news recently was a story about a new supercomputer doing amazing things. In a technological tour de force, IBM's Watson superco...

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