*Will* AI Replace Pathologists and Radiologists?
My evolving thoughts on what this technology can do
A few weeks ago when I was writing my post comparing GPT-3.5 with GPT-4, one feature I tested out a bit—but did not include in the article—was using the Advanced Data Analysis mode to interpret image files. This mode includes a suite of computer vision tools ranging from image classification to object detection to semantic segmentation. Unfortunately, I could never get it to identify much of anything. Here is me trying to get ChatGPT to say there is a cat in this photo (a common task many AI programs can do off-the-shelf):
Needless to say, I was unimpressed 😐
It reminded me of the old Seinfeld episode where Kramer tries to run the automated Movie Phone line from home, but obviously can’t tell what buttons the callers are pressing to indicate their selections:
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