Microsoft's AI diagnostic system correctly diagnosed complex medical cases in a simulation more than twice as often as generalist physicians, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, called the result a step toward 'medical superintelligence.' In a simulation using complex cases from the New England Journal of Medicine, it was correct 83% of the time. Primary care doctors and general internists, working individually with reference materials, were correct 36% of the time. One note: Cases this complex are usually handled by specialists or physician teams, who weren't part of the comparison. 'There is something very substantial and exciting here,' Dominic King, vice president of Health at Microsoft AI, told TechCrunch. 'The biggest challenge in healthcare delivery at the moment is the growing mismatch between demand and supply of medical expertise.' Microsoft measured DxO on cost as well as accuracy, meaning the estimated cost of running...
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