Scientists have developed a supercomputer they say can predict with 96% probability if a person is about to die. (Photo : YouTube/Fox Business)
Scientists at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed a supercomputer they say can predict with 96% probability if a person is about to die.
The computer is loaded with data about more than 250,000 individuals from the last 30 years, drawing on this information to make speedy diagnoses, according to BGR.
The ability of the supercomputer to speedy disease recognition can save lives and predict patients' death. Steve Horng, a doctor at the hospital, said that their goal is not to replace the doctor. This artificial intelligence is in fact about increasing the ability of clinicians to take care of patients.
Patients at the hospital are linked up to the machine which gathers and analyzes information about their condition every three minutes, measuring everything from blood pressure to oxygen levels to give clinicians everything they need to know about a patient.
Horng said that when the supercomputer says no, clinicians can predict with 96% confidence when patients may die, The Huffington Post reported. He further said that if the machine says a patient is going to die, they probably will die in the upcoming 30 days.
Previously this year, doctors at the medical center became the first in the US to use Google Glass for daily medical care. Doctors are looking up records of patients on Google Glass and checking things online while they walk around.
The hospital said that it is using the latest technology to help people; however, privacy campaigners have already said that Google Glass is invasive. But according to the hospital, the camera is switched off forever.
