Doctors don’t even understand human biology and you would choose to trust a machine programmed by humans because “it’s easy”?
Good luck with that. Seriously.
Then again, you’re questioning critics of a system who are responding to an article which definitively-underscores the danger...I highly-recommend investing more time in your health. WebMD is a tool, not panacea. IBM just learned a very expensive lesson there. I wish I could’ve gotten a 1% commission for the savings had they consulted me, as I would have advised that Watson was a fool’s errand. I state that from a position of having performed thousands of hours researching & writing on the topic.
To-wit, from the OP:
“This story is the technological equivalent of what accountants call a “going concern” letter. It means that IBM and MSK are intellectually bankrupt, without credibility. The language in the “internal documents” is absolutely damning: “multiple examples of unsafe and incorrect treatment recommendations.” Katie, bar the door, there’s going to be a stampede.”
And over 300,000 malpractice death a year is not katie, bar the door? We need a smart, programmable supercomputer to keep up with advancing medical science and to assist doctors. The technology is in it’s infancy, let it grow. If and when they get it right, it will have an amazing affect on humanity.