Still, Hinton believed that as Google continued its work with diabetic retinopathy and others explored systems for reading X-rays, MRIs, and other medical scans, deep learning would fundamentally change the industry. “I think that if you work as a radiologist you are like Wile E.7 Coyote in the cartoon,” he said during a lecture at a Toronto hospital. “You’re already over the edge of the cliff, but you haven’t yet looked down. There’s no ground underneath.” He argued that neural networks would eclipse the skills of trained doctors because they would continue to improve as researchers fed them
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