AI better at finding skin cancer than doctors

[jonbaer]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ai-better-finding-skin-cancer-doctors-study-230756918.html

[xo5vik]

Looks like this is the paper referred to - published yesterday: "Man against machine: diagnostic performance of a deep learning convolutional neural network for dermoscopic melanoma recognition in comparison to 58 dermatologists", by H.A. Haenssle et al. Annals of Oncology. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdy166 https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy166

[molszanski]

Isn't it the case, that doctors simply don't have enough time per patient to do things correctly and thoroughly?

[p1esk → molszanski]

Even if this is the case, would it be easier to change how doctors do things, or to make an iphone app to classify the image?