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Personalized medicine is becoming the infrastructural element of healthcare. We discuss how AI acceleration, falling DNA sequencing costs, and government funding are driving this massive industry change.

The current AI boom has caused many people to worry about losing their jobs, though not to the same extent. In some cases, respected professionals and real scientists have made convincing predictions that “machines will steal your job.” These professions can be seen as canaries in a coal mine, warning of impending change. One such profession is radiology. According to machine learning experts, machines should have taken over this job a long time ago. Yet, oddly enough, they have not been able to do so. This makes the case of radiologists worthy of detailed study and extremely interesting for anyone concerned about the threats of automation.

Bionic prostheses usually look futuristic and cool in scientific articles and commercials, but most users consider them “stupid” devices that are tedious to use. Most of these prostheses are primitive to control; the user must tell the prosthesis what and how to do in order to achieve the simplest result, such as picking up a cup of coffee. Researchers at the University of Utah have proposed transferring some control of the prosthesis to a computer so that it decides how to move and the user focuses on what needs to be done.