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Artifiial intelligence has arrived. Todays computers are discerning and sharp. They can sense the
environment, untangle knotty problems, make
subtle judgments and learn from experience. They
dont think the way we thinktheyre still as mindless as toothpicksbut they can replicate many
of our most prized intellectual talents. Dazzled by
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problem.
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through experience in a
variety of situations, all
seen from the same perspective but requiring different tactical decisions.
In other words, our skills
get sharper only through
practice, when we use
researchersincluding
Hardeep Singh, director of the health policy,
quality and informatics
program at the Veterans
Administration Medical
Center in Houstonexamined the misdiagnosis
of Thomas Eric Duncan,
the first person to die of
Ebola in the U.S., at Texas
Health Presbyterian Hos-
philip paek.