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The patient they're diagnosing, however, might not.


I wrote "consider" because that doesn't need to involve the patient.

But also the patient usually has plenty of time to answer additional questions. You can cover a ton of ground in less than an hour.


“I’ve considered all the options for three months. You have a rare cancer that will kill you in… uh oh.”

Patient doesn’t have to be sitting in the exam room to run out of time.


What I meant is that the computer can do three months of considering in less than five minutes real time. That's the benefit of tossing raw processing power at things.




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