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Can machines really tell us if we're sick?

  • Written by Anton van den Hengel, Professor of Computer Science, University of Adelaide
imageMachines don't make the same errors as humans when it comes to decisions based on visual analysis. from www.shutterstock.com

This week US scientists announced they have developed an algorithm, or a computerised tool, to identify skin cancers through analysis of photographs.

Rather than relying on human eyes, the new method scans a photo of a patch...

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