Lumifer comments on A discussion of heroic responsibility - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 07 November 2014 06:03:09PM 1 point [-]

The AI would need to know natural language

A rather limited subset of the natural language, I think it's a surmountable problem.

I suspect doctors carry a lot more data in their heads than is readily apparent ... I roughly know hundreds of patients now that I will see time and again and this helps immensely when judging their most acute presentations.

All true, which is why I think a well-designed diagnostic AI will work in partnership with a doctor instead of replacing him.

Comment author: hyporational 07 November 2014 06:17:53PM 1 point [-]

I agree with you, but I fear that makes for a boring conversation :)

The language is already relatively standardized and I suppose you could standardize it more to make it easier for the AI. I suspect any attempt to mold the system for an AI would meet heavy resistance however.