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Number 3, absolutely. That's true in the UK too. In fact, if AI consulted the patient, it would catch a lot of things which doctors miss, simply by asking enough pertinent questions.

When I have challenged doctors about this, they tend to say "Ah, but you're focused on data, we focus on diagnosing the patient", which is basically gibberish.

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http://en.akinator.com/

That web app can name any person you think of by asking 20 or so questions. Just imagine what you could do if you made that but for diseases.

Let's do it. I had this idea that each medical field could have a sort of Global Subject Expert AI online to make diagnoses, and the more people using it, the more sublime it would become in its assessments.

If you're interested in building something, I think an automated medical interview app, for use by consumers, focused on some subset seems more practical.

That's exactly what Watson is doing these days, right?

Similar things have been done before, for example Isabele health care, and other medical decision support systems.

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